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Centre cuts FY23 borrowing target by Rs 10k cr amid robust tax collections

The government will borrow Rs 5.92 trillion, or 41.6 per cent of the new FY23 target, in October-March, including from the issuance of its maiden sovereign green bonds of Rs 16,000 crore

Global sovereign debt to rise almost 10% to new high in 2022: Report

Governments across the world have ramped up borrowing since the Covid-19 pandemic erupted two years ago, as they tried to shield their economies from the fallout.

Best of BS Opinion: Prospects of Indian companies, economic policy and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday

Bureaucracy doesn't distinguish between sovereign and absolute power

Even after scrapping the 'retrospective tax' the bigger problem of the bureaucratic interpretation of sovereign power remains unresolved. The time has come for Parliament to sort out the confusion

Discard 'colonial notion' of sovereignty in handing out doles at will: SC

The state must discard the colonial notion that it is a sovereign handing out doles at its will and is bound to act fairly and in a transparent manner, the Supreme Court Tuesday said

Govt reviews interest rates on sovereign gold bonds

Next tranche could be sold through exchanges