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Government of India
Ministry of Finance

28-November-2011 18:24 IST

The Central Government today released the sixth report pertaining to the quarter July-September 2011on Public Debt Management. Since September 2010, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance is 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.

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

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Public debt management: quarterly report outlining financing operations, cash management, debt profile and secondary market activity. The Central Government released a quarterly Public Debt Management report setting out the macroeconomic factors affecting debt markets, Government financing requirements and primary market operations including auction results, cost and maturity characteristics; it explains cash management measures and provides an account of outstanding debt's cost and risk profile, investor holding patterns, maturity profile, and secondary market activity.