HYDERABAD: The Socio-Economic Outlook 2025, tabled in the Assembly, highlighted how open market and off-budget borrowings have severely curtailed the state’s fiscal capacity to deliver essential ...

Hyderabad: The Telangana govt has understated off-budget borrowings of ₹1,20,944 crore as of March 31, 2024, by not including them in the state’s total liabilities. As a result, the state’s ...

Off budget borrowings (OBB) are loans raised by corporations, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) but serviced [paid] by the government from budget. The State government did not report information on ...

Thiruvananthapuram: The state's total debt stood at Rs 4.22 lakh crore as of Jan 31 this year, according to govt data ...

Punjab has the second-highest debt-GSDP ratio in India at 46.6%, with estimated liabilities of ₹3.78 lakh crore by March 2025, as per the finance minister. Punjab is the second-most indebted ...

Since 2019-20, the Centre has published its off-budget borrowings, while 2023-24 saw the release of a consolidated document on state-reported borrowings. Notable steps by the Union government ...

When factoring in off-budget borrowings, the overall interest burden surged from 15.1% in 2014–15 to 28.2% in 2023–24, signalling persistent pressure on state finances, it said.

To address the issue of off-budget borrowings, the state is actively negotiating with financial institutions to lower borrowing costs and extend the repayment periods associated with these ...

The Marcos administration returned to a surplus in January, but the budget excess is lower at P68 billion as state spending growth outpaced revenue expansion, according to the Bureau of the Treasury.

The land was mortgaged to raise Rs 10,000 cr and if SC declares it as forest land, government will be forced to clear the loan from its treasury on a priority basis ...

Like other southern states, Tamil Nadu deserves a fair share of Indian resources. The 16th Finance Commission has an opportunity to rebalance Centre-state relations for the sake of India’s future.