India’s Foreign Debt Grows 13% to $390 Billion
Thursday June 27, 2013
MUMBAI, India: India’s external debt rose by nearly 13% to $390 billion in 2012-13, mainly due to rise in short-term trade credit and external commercial borrowings in the back of high current account deficit, the Reserve Bank said on Thursday.
“The high current account deficit witnessed during 2012-13 and it’s financing increasingly through debt flows particularly by trade credit resulted in significant rise in India’s external debt during 2012-13,” RBI said in a release.
The increase in the debt during 2012-13 was primarily on account of rise in short-term trade credit. There has been sizeable rise in ECBs and rupee-denominated NRI deposits as well, it said.
“However, magnitude of increase in external debt was offset to some extent due to valuation change (gain) resulting from appreciation of U.S. dollar against Indian rupee and other international currencies,” the RBI added.
NRI deposits increased by $12.2 billion to $70.8 billion as at end-March, primarily on account of increase in rupee-denominated NRI deposits reflecting the impact of deregulation of interest rates on these deposits in December 2011, RBI added.
The total external debt was about $345.5 billion at end-March 2012.
India’s Foreign Debt Grows 13% to $390 Billion
External debt growing to unmanageable proportions, putting pressure on rupee
Thursday June 27, 2013
MUMBAI, India: India’s external debt rose by nearly 13% to $390 billion in 2012-13, mainly due to rise in short-term trade credit and external commercial borrowings in the back of high current account deficit, the Reserve Bank said on Thursday.
“The high current account deficit witnessed during 2012-13 and it’s financing increasingly through debt flows particularly by trade credit resulted in significant rise in India’s external debt during 2012-13,” RBI said in a release.
The increase in the debt during 2012-13 was primarily on account of rise in short-term trade credit. There has been sizeable rise in ECBs and rupee-denominated NRI deposits as well, it said.
“However, magnitude of increase in external debt was offset to some extent due to valuation change (gain) resulting from appreciation of U.S. dollar against Indian rupee and other international currencies,” the RBI added.
NRI deposits increased by $12.2 billion to $70.8 billion as at end-March, primarily on account of increase in rupee-denominated NRI deposits reflecting the impact of deregulation of interest rates on these deposits in December 2011, RBI added.
The total external debt was about $345.5 billion at end-March 2012.
India’s Foreign Debt Grows 13% to $390 Billion
External debt growing to unmanageable proportions, putting pressure on rupee