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Govt issues dated securities worth Rs. 80,000 cr in Q4

New Delhi, May 22 (UNI) During Q4 of FY17, the Government issued dated securities worth Rs 80,000 crore to complete its borrowings of Rs 582,000 crore (Revised Estimates- RE) for FY 17.
Gross and net market borrowings requirements of the Government for FY17 were revised lower to Rs 5,82,000 crore and Rs 4,06,708 crore, which were lower by 0.52 per cent and 8.34, respectively, than Rs 5,85,000 crore and Rs 4,40,625 crore in FY16. Auctions of both, Government dated securities and Treasury Bills during Q4 of FY17 were held smoothly.
Since Apr-Jun (Q1) 2010-11, Public Debt Management Office (PDMC) (earlier Middle Office), Budget Division, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, is bringing out a quarterly report on debt management on regular basis. The current report pertains to the quarter Jan-March 2017 (Q4 FY 17).
According to Finance Ministry, in view of comfortable cash position of the Government, Rs 30,982.787 crore was utilised to buy-back the securities from the market and borrowing from the market were also reduced by Rs 18,000 crore during the quarter.
The weighted average maturity (WAM) and weighted average yield (WAY) of the issuance made during Q4 FY17 was 15.01 years and 6.75 per cent respectively. The liquidity in the economy was in surplus, due to demonetisation, during the quarter. The cash position of the Government during Q4 of FY17 was comfortable and remained in surplus mode.
The Public Debt (excluding liabilities under the ‘Public Account’) of the Central Government provisionally decreased by 1.9 per cent in Q4 of FY 17 on Q-o-Q basis. Internal debt constituted 92.6 per cent of Public Debt as at end-March 2017 while marketable securities accounted for 83.2 per cent of Public Debt.

About 25.0 per cent of outstanding stock has a residual maturity of up to 5 years at end – March 2017, which implies that over the next five years, on an average, around 5.0 per cent of outstanding stock needs to be repaid every year. Thus, rollover risk in the debt portfolio continues to be low. The implementation of budgeted buy back/ switches during the quarter resulted in reduction of roll over risk.
G-sec yields were low across the curve at start of the quarter, post the Government’s decision on November 8, 2016 to demonetize high denomination value notes which led to surge in bank deposits and the bullish market sentiment, particularly for short end bonds.
The bullish market sentiment and low yield was however restrained as RBI in its bi-monthly policy review during early February changed the monetary policy stance from accommodative to neutral leading to hardening of interest rates in the market.
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