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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

17-August-2011 17:18 IST

Quarterly Report on Public Debt Management for the Quarter April-June 2011 Released

The Central Government today released the fifth report, pertaining to the quarter April-June 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.

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Public debt management: Q1 Apr-Jun 2011 issuance, cash management, debt composition, and market trading activity summarized. The quarterly report for April-June 2011 details the Central Government's debt and cash management: primary market issuance (dated securities, treasury bills, new issues and reissues), cash management tools including cash management bills and WMA limits, composition and maturity profile of outstanding public debt, holding patterns by investor category, and secondary market trading volumes, turnover, concentration in top traded securities, and yield curve movements during Q1 of FY2011-12.