Quarterly Report on Public Debt Management for the Quarter October-December 2011 Released

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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

09-February-2012 16:27 IST

The Central Government today released the seventh report, pertaining to the quarter October-December 2011 on Public Debt Management. Since September 2010, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has been bringing out a quarterly report on debt management.

The report is divided into five sections. Section 1 briefly describes the macroeconomic environment during the quarter – growth, inflation, capital flows etc.,- that have a bearing on debt markets. Section 2 details debt management operations in the primary market during the quarter – Government’s financing requirement, auction details, cost and maturity of borrowings, etc. The cash management operations during the quarter and their rationale are explained in Section 3. Section 4 provides an account of outstanding debt – cost and risk character, holding pattern and maturity profile. Finally, Section 5 details the secondary market activity in the Government securities market.

This report will be published every quarter. The complete report of this quarter is enclosed.

Click here to See Details of Quarterly Report October-December 2011

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