<h1>India's External Debt Reaches $483.2 Billion in Sept 2015; Long-Term Debt Dominates at 82.2.</h1> India's external debt at the end of September 2015 was US$ 483.2 billion, a 1.7% increase from March 2015, primarily due to long-term debt such as commercial borrowings and NRI deposits. Long-term debt constituted 82.2% of the total, while short-term debt was 17.8%. The largest components were commercial borrowings (37.7%), NRI deposits (25.2%), and multilateral debt (11.0%). Government debt was US$ 88.9 billion, with non-government debt at US$ 394.3 billion. The US dollar dominated the debt currency composition at 57.7%. Foreign exchange reserves covered 72.5% of the total external debt.