State Borrowing

Despite near 60 per cent more supplies, the states continued to pay more for their market borrowing with the average bond pricing rising by 7 basis points to a multi-week high of 7.68 per cent at the weekly auction on Tuesday. For the past many weeks, the yields were more or less stagnant and so was the debt-raising. Fourteen states raised a record-high Rs 32,800 crore from the market by issuing state government securities (SGS), which is a sharp 59 per cent higher than the year-ago level, even though the amount is 8 per cent lower than indicated in the auction calendar, Aditi Nayar, the chief economist & head of research at Icra Ratings said in a review note. She said the 7 bps rise in the weighted average cut-off to 7.68 per cent is due to the concerns related to monetary tightening as latest inflation numbers surprised on the downside. However, despite the all-time high borrowing and a mild increase in the weighted average tenor to 16 years from 15 years, the spread between the

After remaining stable for many weeks, the cost of borrowing for states inched up by 5 basis points to 7.64 per cent at Tuesday's auction when 15 of them raised Rs 25,700 crore from the market. The amount of debt raised today is a 13-week high and for the first time shows an annualised growth of 8 per cent year-to-date -- a first as throughout the year, the weekly borrowing has been below the year-ago weeks, yet 15 per cent lower than the indicated amount in the borrowing calendar, according to a note by Icra Ratings. The weighted average cut-off on state government loans rose 5 basis points to 7.64 per cent over the previous week, and the weighted average tenor rose to 13 years from 11 during the week. The spread between the 10-year state bonds and G-sec (government securities) yield stood at 30 basis points today, amidst an inverted yield curve, according to Aidti Nayar, chief economist and head research and outreach at Icra, said. States have cumulatively raised Rs 5.12 lakh cro

The borrowing cost of states continued to remain low for the second week with the latest auction on Tuesday seeing average yield staying almost flat at 7.68 per cent. Many states stayed away from the market following disbursal of the tax devolution amount by the Centre earlier this month. The weighted average yield/cut-off of State Government Securities (SGS) inched up by 1 basis point to 7.68 per cent at the auction on Tuesday compared to the past week despite a sharp increase in the weighted average tenor to 17 years from 12 years, Icra chief economist Aditi Nayar said in a note. Normally bond prices change according to the tenor of the issue, and the 10-year bonds are considered the benchmark when it comes to pricing and also from a demand perspective. At Tuesday's auction, the states issued bonds of varying tenor, peaking at 25 years (Tamil Nadu issued 25-year paper at 7.63 per cent) pushing up the median average tenor sharply to 17 years from 12 years last week. However, the

Market borrowing cost for the states remained high with the average yield hitting 7.83 per cent at the auctions held on Tuesday, which is a paltry 1 basis points lower than the last auction of state securities. Seven states raised Rs 10,700 crore at Tuesday's auction of state government securities (SGS), which is just about half of the Rs 20,800 crore indicated for the week. The weighted average cut-off slipped to 7.83 per cent from 7.84 per cent last week, despite the rise in weighted average tenor to 15 years from 13, Icra said in a note. However, the yield on 10-year G-secs declined by 4 basis points (bps) to 7.40 per cent while the weighted average cut-off for 10-year state bonds slipped only by 1 bps to 7.82 per cent. Accordingly, the spread between the weighted average cut-off of 10-year state bonds and the 10-year G-sec yield rose to 42 bps from 39 bps. The reason for the massive fall in the draw-down is because big borrowers like Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,

The average cost of market borrowing for states rose 12 basis point to 7.77 per cent on Monday, increasing for the third consecutive week. The cost of funds has seen a cumulative hike of 31 basis points (bps) during the past three weeks. At the latest auction of debt, 10 states raised Rs 19,500 crore on Monday, drawing down the full amount indicated for this week. The weighted average cut-off of the debt rose by 12 bps to 7.77 per cent from 7.65 per cent in the last auction, despite the weighted average tenor declining to 13 years from 15 years, Aditi Nayar, chief economist at Icra Ratings, said in a note. Before the yields began to climb three weeks ago, for four successive weeks the rates had been falling and had touched a low of 7.46 per cent. She attributed the spike in the cut-off to the rise in US treasury yields and the hike in the 50 bps repo rate by the RBI last Friday. Reflecting the hardening interest rate regime, the 10-year G-secs (Government Securities) yield increas

States breathed easy in the debt market as the average cut-off on their market borrowings dipped sharply to 7.52 per cent, down 15 basis points from last week to the lowest level since mid-May. This is the third consecutive week of falling cut-off, as in the last two sessions the cost has come down by 10 basis points (bps). Last week the yield declined by 7 bps to 7.67 per cent. At the weekly auction of State Development Loans (SDLs) on Tuesday, six states raised Rs 5,900 crore, which is nearly 54 per cent lower than indicated in their borrowing calendar for the week, Icra Ratings said in a note. The weighted average cut-off eased sharply by 15 bps to 7.52 per cent at Tuesday's auctions. Similarly, there was also a decline in the weighted average tenor of the securities, the agency said. It attributed the steep fall in yields to a fall in the weighted average tenor which declined to 13 years from 15 years as also a fall in cut-off across tenors. The weighted average cut-off of the

The net borrowing ceiling of states is mandated by the FRBM Act. However, the upper limit of what their contingent liabilities can be is set by states' own legislative bodies

The borrowing cost for states continues to remain elevated, sniffing at the 7.9-per cent mark for the fourth consecutive week despite the average cut-off slipping marginally by 2 bps to 7.86 per cent

Actual borrowings and state-wise breakup will be intimated 2-3 days prior to auction day; RBI to try and ensure auctions are held in non-disruptive manner considering mkt conditions

Icra said a comfortable cash flow position of the state governments was due to a back-ended release of tax devolution to the states in FY2022

So far this fiscal, the issuance of State Development Loan (SDL) as state debt is known, has declined 40 per cent as 10 states did not participate in the auctions conducted so far.

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According to Icra Ratings, the indicative borrowing calendar indicated 28 states and two Union territories to raise Rs 8.96 lakh crore.

Since the beginning of the current fiscal year, states' average cost of borrowings has risen by 54 basis points to 7.11 per cent, even as it fell from the peak of 7.26 per cent two weeks ago. At the weekly auctions of state debt conducted on Monday, the weighted average cost of borrowings, across states and tenures, remained elevated but flat at 7.11 per cent. The yields on state development loans were 54 basis points higher since the start of the fiscal year, Care Ratings said in a note. At the auctions, 12 states and Jammu & Kashmir raised Rs 20,703 crore, which was Rs 1,500 crore less than the notified amount because Andhra Pradesh and Haryana did not accept any amount in the 15-year and 10-year security, respectively. Rajasthan accepted an additional amount of Rs 500 crore in the 5-year security. Five of the 18 states that had indicated their intent to borrow in the indicative calendar for market borrowings were not a part of the auction, the agency said. At the aggregate ...

In the auctions on Tuesday, states borrowed Rs 12,100 crore from the market compared with Rs 14,200 crore last week, with most of them opting for longer-term borrowing

At the weekly auction of state development loans, six states raised just Rs 8,000 crore, which is 41 per cent lower than the indicated Rs 13,600 crore

The Centre has already begun to rejig govt savings market, reviving RBI window for retail investors, the Retail Direct Scheme this month

Market borrowings by the states so far is 16 per cent less than that in the corresponding period of the last fiscal

The Centre will stick to its borrowing programme for FY22 and will not tap the market for more funds to meet the GST compensation shortfall for states.

The Finance Ministry has permitted 11 states to borrow an additional amount of Rs 15,721 crore after these states achieved the capital expenditure target set for the June quarter.