Debt

No certificate of deposit issuance was recorded over three trading sessions as lenders turned to cheaper overseas forex funding backed by the RBI

India's total external debt stood at USD 762.8 billion at the end of March 2026, registering an increase of USD 26.3 billion over the year-ago period, according to the RBI data released on Monday. Valuation effect due to the appreciation of the US dollar vis-a-vis the Indian rupee and other major currencies amounted to USD 24.6 billion, according to the data on 'India's External Debt as at the end of March 2026'. "Excluding the valuation effect, external debt would have increased by USD 51 billion instead of USD 26.3 billion at end-March 2026 over end-March 2025," the Reserve Bank of India said. The central bank also said that the external debt to GDP ratio increased to 20.8 per cent at end-March 2026 from 19.8 per cent during the corresponding period a year ago. At the end of March 2026, RBI said, long-term debt (with original maturity of above one year) stood at USD 613.5 billion, recording an increase of USD 11.6 billion over its level at end-March 2025. "The share of short-ter

New governments in Tamil Nadu and Kerala have released white papers on state finances, but economists say debt figures alone do not capture the full fiscal picture

The TVK government's white paper said Tamil Nadu added Rs 4.87 trillion in debt over five years, while total liabilities, including guarantees and off-budget borrowings, reached Rs 13.8 trillion

Crisil Ratings says ECLGS 5.0 could add around 10% debt to rated companies as firms seek funding support to manage higher working capital needs amid the West Asia conflict

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RBI and government measures to attract foreign capital have improved sentiment in the bond market, but most fund managers continue to favour shorter-duration papers

Lower-than-expected nominal GDP growth may have pushed the Centre's debt ratio to 57.85 per cent in FY26, making its fiscal consolidation path steeper ahead

Telangana's total debt, including that of its entities and government guarantees, stood at Rs 8 lakh crore as of December 2025, according to the Socio-Economic Outlook 2026 released by the state government. The state government said that from December 2023, when Congress assumed power, to the same month in 2025, the total borrowings of the state and its entities amounted to Rs 3,19,179 crore, with repayments (principal and interest) of Rs 3,04,202 crore. The repayments and loans raised by the Congress government during its nearly two and a half years in office indicate that a large share of the borrowings during that period was used to service existing debt, due to the substantial debt inherited from the pre-December 2023 period, the report said. "While total outstanding debt stood at Rs 8,00,805 cr as on 31 December 2025, the increase in outstanding liabilities needs to be interpreted in the context of large and unavoidable interest payments on account of the massive legacy debt...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is gearing up to help issuers sell billions of dollars in junk bonds and leveraged loans, with deals to fund the buyouts of Electronic Arts Inc and Sealed Air Corp

The financing underscores the financing shift for Adani, historically one of the largest Indian issuers, as it borrows to fund ambitious capital spending plans while facing elevated borrowing costs

Given fiscal constraints and the need to lower the debt-to-GDP ratio, the Union finance ministry sees reviving asset monetisation as key to sustaining growth momentum

Centre buys back over Rs 75,500 crore of FY27 securities from RBI and issues 8.30% GS 2040 bond to smoothen redemption profile

State-owned NHAI is planning to reduce its debt to below Rs 2 lakh crore in the current financial year ending March, a senior government official said on Sunday. NHAI's debt liability had peaked at Rs 3.5 lakh crore in 2021-22. As of December 31, 2025, the debt stands at Rs 2,35,947 crore. "In line with the government policy, NHAI has not borrowed since 2023 and since then the debt liability was reduced by around 32 per cent," the official said on condition of anonymity. Further, to reduce its overall debt, he said NHAI has prepaid liabilities of Rs 86,000 crore of which Rs 50,000 crore was NSSF loan. "No specific target for the current year was fixed but the debt liability is planned to be brought down below Rs 2,00,000 crore," the official said. Retiring this debt ahead of schedule has resulted in a steep decrease of NHAI debt. Due to proactive negotiation with banks, NHAI was able to reduce its interest burden by refixing interest rates lower by about 80 basis points during t

Japan's 40-year bond yield rocketed past 4 per cent to a fresh high since its debut in 2007 and a first for any maturity of the nation's sovereign debt in more than three decades

The Centre may amend the RDB Act in the FY27 Budget to earmark DRTs for high-value cases, speed up recoveries and reduce pendency clogged by low-ticket litigation

Gross borrowings by Indian states have jumped almost 20 per cent this fiscal year from 2024 as growth in tax revenues slowed, while they beefed up spending

The finance minister stressed that fiscal management remains a priority and must be consistently upheld year after year

JSW Energy has secured the approval of the creditors of Raigarh Champa Rail Infrastructure for its proposal to acquire the debt-laden entity currently under the insolvency process. JSW Energy acquired KSK Mahanadi Power Company Ltd (KMPCL), a 3,600 MW thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh, for Rs 16,084 crore through the insolvency process, in March this year. After the KMPCL acquisition, JSW Energy held significant indirect ownership in Raigarh Champa Rail Infrastructure Private Limited (RCRIPL), which is the sole provider of rail infrastructure for coal transportation services to KMPCL. In an exchange filing on Thursday, JSW Energy said, "We wish to inform that the resolution plan submitted by the company for RCRIPL under the corporate insolvency resolution process has been approved by the Committee of Creditors". JSW Energy said it received a Letter of Intent from the Resolution Professional on Wednesday. The closure of the transaction will be subject to the receipt of approval f

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