Further, public and private sector banks have together sanctioned loans worth over Rs 1.20 trillion, while the disbursal amount stood at Rs 61,987 crore
Set to seek higher borrowing limits as revenues dry up
India Ratings and Research expects the gross state domestic product (GSDP) of all states in India to contract in FY21
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The state gets additional elbow of Rs 35,000 crore amid lockdown
Says Centre's economic package is not enough, and states are also finding it diffcult to raise additional resources given the stringent conditions
The additional borrowing would help state tide over the estimated 30 per cent revenue shortfall in 2020-21 fiscal
For FY21, the SBI Ecowrap report has projected a 6.8 per cent contraction in the country's real GDP
The 20 states considered in the analysis constituted nearly 86 per cent of the budgeted aggregate revenue receipts for FY20.
It is to be noted that the basic limit of 3 per cent remains unconditional, while only additional one per cent out of the two is linked to citizen centric reforms, Finance ministry official said.
They says the conditions will constrain the state govts' ability to find funds in the wake of a serious financial situation
Only eight states will qualify for the extra borrowing, as they have to meet stiff conditions on ease of doing business.
Palaniswami was referring to conditions put forward by Centre to raise borrowing limits from 3% to 5% of GSDP for this financial year
The fifth and last set of measures focuses on MGNREGA, health and education (rural and urban), businesses, decriminalisation of Companies Act, etc
Experts say there are number of issues in estimation even of GSDP, let alone district-wise data
All the states may see around Rs 5,000 crore of GST collections in 2020-21
The per capita income is likely to grow by 6.35 per cent
Many have mutual fund assets which are less than 2% of economic output
The states' GSDP was Rs 1.6 trillion in 2018-19, and it grew 6.8% in 2017-18
CM Adityanath exhorts UP's biz community, traders for helping achieve the target