Defying Brexit doomsayers, the deficit came in at £4.3billion in October - below the £6billion expected. The figures emerged on the eve of Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement.

The OBR forecast a £122billion rise in UK debt, with £58.7billion blamed on Brexit. That came as it said the UK would not fall into a recession, but growth would be lower.

Ministers spent £12.6billion more than they received in taxes and other income last month - but economists were pencilling in a figure of £11.6 billion.

Britons looking to borrow to fund a new car, home improvements or a big life event like a wedding will now find taking out a substantial sum is the cheapest it's ever been.

Britain's debt binge has deepened - with figures last month showing credit card borrowing had surged by 40 per cent and the average family now owes £12,800 on credit cards, loans and car finance.

Britons paid back more on their credit cards than they borrowed in November - the first time this has happened in more than six years, according to official figures.

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With support from the Gujarat legislature, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited's has moved to redeem its deeply discounted bonds prematurely, despite indictments from the audit watchdog and objections by SEBI. The matter is now at the Supreme Court. Himanshu Upadhyaya has more.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget for 2020-21 had pegged gross borrowing in the new financial year at Rs 7.8 lakh crore, higher than Rs 7.1 lakh crore estimated for 2019-20.

As against the budget estimates (BE) for 2020-21, the government announced a raise in its estimated market borrowing from Rs. 7.8 lakh crore to Rs. 12 lakh crore. Giving the rationale, the government iterates that the Covid 19 pandemic has

The gross borrowing programme announced by the government to the tune of Rs 12 lakh crores for FY 2021 is likely to see a sharp spike in bond yields, when markets open on Monday. The gross borrowing programme was originally pegged

As against the budget estimates (BE) for 2020-21, the government announced a raise in its estimated market borrowing from Rs. 7.8 lakh crore to Rs. 12 lakh crore. Giving the rationale, the government iterates that the Covid 19 pandemic has

The gross borrowing programme announced by the government to the tune of Rs 12 lakh crores for FY 2021 is likely to see a sharp spike in bond yields, when markets open on Monday. The gross borrowing programme was originally pegged

Here are the answers to some of the key questions you may have about the government’s borrowing programme and how it affects various stakeholders.

The government has also increased the weekly borrowing target to Rs 30,000 crore from Rs 21,000 crore fixed on March 31.

The Indian government plans to borrow 12 trillion rupees ($160 billion) in the fiscal year to March 2021, up from the previously budgeted 7.8 trillion rupees to cushion the blow from the new coronavirus pandemic, it said on Friday.

The Indian government plans to borrow 12 trillion rupees ($160 billion) in the fiscal year to March 2021, up from the previously budgeted 7.8 trillion rupees to cushion the blow from the new coronavirus pandemic, it said on Friday.

External Commercial Borrowing

Govt will borrow Rs 6L cr from the market via gilts through the remaining part of the first half of the year.

Revision necessitated due to pandemic

The government resorts to market borrowing to make up for the mismatch between its revenue and expenditure.

Sources say the Centre has asked RBI to do whatever to keep yields in check, which may result in massive secondary market bond purchases

He did not think that the move will crowd out borrowings of the private sector, saying demand of the government and the private sector are not contradictory in these circumstances

The Government’s estimated gross market borrowing in the financial year 2020-21 will jump to ₹12 lakh crore against ₹7.80 lakh crore estimated in the