India's External Debt Rises
By Indiapressagency.com on September 11,2006
India's external debt has risen to $125.2 billion as on March 2006, as compared to $123.2 billion in the previous fiscal.
"The increase in external debt was $2 billion during 2005-06 compared to $11.6 billion a year ago," an official statement said.
The
lower level of accumulation of external debt in 2005-06 has been
attributed to redemption of $5.5 billion India Millennium Deposits
(IMDs) by State Bank of India in December 2005.
Component-wise,
the increase in debt stock during 2005-06 was mainly due to escalation
in NRI deposits and surge in short-term credits, which were partially
offset by contraction in commercial borrowings and bilateral loans.
Source: PTI
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