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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

26-October-2012 16:04 IST

Since April-June (Q1) 2010-11, Middle Office (MO) of the Ministry of Finance is bringing out a Quarterly Report on Debt Management. The current report pertains to the quarter July-September 2012.

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.

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Public debt management: H1 FY13 borrowing strategy, re issues, maturity extension and secondary market liquidity trends. Primary market operations in Q2 July-Sept 2012 prioritized re issues and predictable calendar issuance: H1 FY13 gross dated issuance reached Rs.3,55,000 crore (62.3% of BE) with net dated borrowings Rs.2,69,384 crore after Rs.85,616 crore repayments; Q2 introduced two new 13 and 14 year securities, WAM of Q2 issuance was ~13.6 years, and weighted average yield of issuance fell to 8.33%. Treasury bills were used to smooth redemptions, with competitive net issuance negative in Q2 while non competitive receipts offset part of maturities.