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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
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Topic: Borrowings

India’s 2020-21 fiscal deficit expected to climb to 5.5% due to extra borrowing

Siddhartha Singh -
The increase in annual borrowings to Rs 12 lakh crore from Rs 7.8 lakh crore has been necessitated by steep fall in revenue collections & unscheduled spending.

Fiscal slippage imminent as govt to borrow additional Rs 4.2 lakh crore in 2020-21

Remya Nair -
Govt says full year borrowing will increase to Rs 12 lakh crore from the initially budgeted Rs 7.8 lakh crore on account of the coronavirus pandemic.

US plans to borrow record $2.9 trillion to tide over pandemic

PTI -
According to The Wall Street Journal, the sum is more than five times the previous quarterly record, set at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.

Debt in states rises to 25% of GDP, may pose challenges in medium term: RBI

Anirban Nag -
States finished the fiscal year to March 2019 with a combined fiscal deficit of 2.9 per cent, 34 basis points worse than what was budgeted for.

Borrowing abroad is bold, but India first needs to produce data that lenders can trust

Ila Patnaik -
Cost of borrowing will go up if foreign lenders mistrust India’s budget estimates, off-budget borrowing or fear payment could be delayed to achieve annual targets.

Borrowing costs fall after Modi’s win, revive bond sales

Divya Patil -
Potential for reforms after Modi’s comprehensive win is likely to improve flow of foreign capital to corporates & that's good news for credit markets.

India was the largest borrower from World Bank for 3 of last 4 years

Remya Nair -
World Bank assistance to India peaked in fiscal year 2010 at $9.3 billion, and help has been provided across sectors like road and power infrastructure, agriculture, health etc.

Modi’s borrowing plan wasn’t the only piece of bad news this budget

Subhadip Sircar -
Global funds see more pain for India’s debt as budget math weighs

Lower borrowings by Modi govt may not help battered bond market

Kartik Goyal -
Modi govt may trim its borrowings for second time this year but it is not likely to lift the pall over the bond market.

Caught in a debt trap, Indian states will have to borrow more money to repay loans

Anirban Nag -
Borrowings by states almost doubled between fiscal years ended 2013 and 2018, with the trend picking up after 2008.
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