Public Debt of Central Govt - Internal debt constitutes 93%; Total debt marginally up
By TIOL News Service
NEW DELHI, DEC 05, 2017: AS per the latest Press Release, the public debt of the Central Government provisionally increased to Rs. 65,65,652 crore at end-Sep 2017 from Rs. 64,03,138 crore at end-June 2017. Internal debt constituted 93.0 per cent of Public Debt as at end-Sept 2017 while marketable securities accounted for 82.6 per cent of Public Debt. About 27.8 per cent of outstanding stock has a residual maturity of up to 5 years at end – Sept 2017, which implies that over the next five years, on an average, around 5.56 per cent of outstanding stock needs to be repaid every year. Thus, rollover risk in the debt portfolio continues to be low.
G-Sec yields showed a falling trend till August 3, 2017 but an increasing trend was seen thereafter. Yields initially softened due to increase in FPI limits by RBI to Rs. 2.42 lakh crore in G-Secs and Rs. 0.33 lakh crore for SDLs under the revised medium term framework for investment by FPIs. Yields, however, started hardening from beginning of August due to rise in inflation (WPI 3.24% in August 2017, 2.60% in September 2017 and CPI 3.28% in August 2017 as also in September 2017 . Rise in trade deficit in August 2017 (USD 11.7 bn in Aug'17 vs. USD 7.7 bn in Aug'16) and adverse Dollar-Rupee movement (Rupee depreciated almost Rupees 2 in a month) further added to the pressure. Crude oil prices jumped from USD 47 in June to USD 59/barrel on September 27, 2017 putting pressure on balance of trade and BoP position and its likely effect on inflation. Concerns over GST revenues (after net of refund claims) also affected yields. The trading volume of Government securities on an outright basis during Q2 FY 18 increased by 10.20 per cent over the previous quarter.
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