{"id":4386,"date":"2015-09-04T13:13:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T13:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2015-09-07T09:41:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T09:41:50","slug":"external-debt-at-end-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/external-debt-at-end-march-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"External Debt at End-March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ques: The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has brought-out the Twenty First issue of its Annual Publication \u2018India\u2019s External Debt: A Status Report 2014-15\u2019. According to this India\u2019s External Debt at End-March 2015 is-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a. US$ 446.3 Billion<br \/>\nb. US$ 475.8 Billion<br \/>\nc. US$ 470.8 Billion<br \/>\nd. US$ 460.9 Billion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans: b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has brought-out the Twenty First issue of its Annual Publication \u2018India\u2019s External Debt: A Status Report 2014-15\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>The Report presents a detailed analysis of India\u2019s external debt position at end-March 2015, based on the data released by the Reserve Bank of India on June 30, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>India\u2019s External Debt at End-March 2015 stood at US$ 475.8 Billion, Reflecting an Increase of US$ 29.5 Billion (6.6 Per Cent) over the level at End-March 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Rise In External Debt was due to the Rise in Long-Term Debt Particularly Commercial Borrowings and NRI Deposits States Twenty First Issue of \u2018India\u2019s External Debt.<\/li>\n<li>At end-March 2015, long-term external debt was US$ 391.1 billion, showing an increase of 10.3 per cent over the level at end-March 2014. At this level, long-term external debt accounted for 82.2 per cent of total external debt at end-March 2015 vis-\u00e0-vis 79.5 per cent at end-March 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Short-term external debt stood at US$ 84.7 billion at end-March 2015, showing a decline of 7.6 per cent over US$ 91.7 billion at the end-March 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Government (sovereign) external debt stood at US$ 89.7 billion at end-March 2015 vis-a-vis US$ 83.7 billion at end-March 2014.<\/li>\n<li>The share of Government external debt in total external debt was 18.9 per cent at end-March 2015 vis-\u00e0-vis 18.8 per cent at end-March 2014.<\/li>\n<li>India\u2019s external debt has remained within manageable limits as indicated by the external debt-GDP ratio of 23.8 per cent during 2014-15.<\/li>\n<li>End-March 2015, the government guaranteed external debt was US $ 9.5 billion, while on the end-March, 2014 it was US $ 9.9 billion.<\/li>\n<li>According to data released by SEBI, foreign institutional investors (FII) in India invested the net amount of US $ 45.7 billion, in the year 2014-15.<\/li>\n<li>Of this, about 60 percent, i.e. a large amount of US $ 27.3 billion have been invested as loans, while the rest is invested as equity.<\/li>\n<li>According to Bloomberg data, the flow of loans to India in the year 2014-15, except China, is the third largest borrower in the Asia-Pacific region after Japan and Korea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/finmin.nic.in\/the_ministry\/dept_eco_affairs\/economic_div\/India_External_Debt201415H.pdf\">http:\/\/finmin.nic.in\/the_ministry\/dept_eco_affairs\/economic_div\/India_External_Debt201415H.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=126424\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=126424<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ques: The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has brought-out the Twenty First issue of its Annual Publication \u2018India\u2019s External Debt: A Status Report 2014-15\u2019. According to this India\u2019s External Debt at End-March 2015 is- a. US$ 446.3 Billion b. US$ 475.8 Billion c. US$ 470.8 Billion d. 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