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Date : Sep 15, 2023
Table 151 : India’s External Debt - US Dollar (end-March)
(US$ Million)
Item 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
I. Multilateral 31744 32620 35337 39490 39538 42857 48475 50453 51590 53418
A. Government Borrowing 29204 29996 32514 36171 35724 37825 42579 43686 43539 44598
i) Concessional 24023 23731 24876 26859 25080 25711 26992 27221 26443 27173
a) IDA 23693 23418 24548 26497 24757 25380 26637 26853 26071 26770
b) Others 330 313 328 362 323 331 355 368 372 403
ii) Non-concessional 5181 6265 7638 9312 10644 12114 15587 16465 17096 17425
a) IBRD 3771 4400 5015 5660 5878 6397 8774 8897 8912 8876
b) Others 1410 1865 2623 3652 4766 5717 6813 7568 8184 8549
B. Non-government Borrowing 2540 2624 2823 3319 3814 5032 5896 6767 8051 8820
i) Concessional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Non-concessional 2540 2624 2823 3319 3814 5032 5896 6767 8051 8820
a) Public Sector 1828 1908 2136 2589 2807 3305 3536 3808 4324 4669
IBRD 1020 1030 1043 1173 1395 1893 2057 2177 2355 2394
Others 808 878 1093 1416 1412 1412 1479 1631 1969 2275
b) Financial Institutions 637 589 554 587 730 1193 1681 2018 2650 3139
IBRD 58 141 150 148 146 298 425 531 549 635
Others 579 448 404 439 584 895 1256 1487 2101 2504
c) Private Sector 75 127 133 143 277 534 679 941 1077 1012
IBRD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 75 127 133 143 277 534 679 941 1077 1012
II. Bilateral 17034 15761 16065 19708 20610 22593 25712 26884 25158 24727
A. Government Borrowing 13132 12239 12344 14853 14655 15860 17988 17986 16259 16099
i) Concessional 13074 12211 12344 14853 14655 15860 17988 17986 16259 16099
ii) Non-concessional 58 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Non-government Borrowing 3902 3522 3721 4855 5955 6733 7724 8897 8899 8628
i) Concessional 1708 1558 396 435 641 702 918 1501 1558 1714
a) Public Sector 1292 1185 285 307 227 248 363 974 1093 1290
b) Financial Institutions 416 373 111 128 414 454 555 527 465 424
c) Private Sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Non-concessional 2194 1964 3325 4420 5314 6031 6806 7396 7341 6914
a) Public Sector 995 813 1702 2525 2959 3072 3087 2781 2397 2223
b) Financial Institutions 650 535 878 934 846 761 840 762 776 724
c) Private Sector 549 616 745 961 1509 2198 2879 3853 4168 3967
III. International Monetary Fund 1029 981 1029 1120 1018 6041 6308 6163 5964 6149
IV. Trade Credit 5022 5420 7165 10328 14481 16841 18647 18990 17760 15518
a) Buyers credit 2980 3607 5417 8287 12572 14811 16437 16790 15567 13323
b) Suppliers credit 905 751 675 750 635 651 646 636 779 795
c) Export credit component of bilateral credit 1137 1062 1073 1291 1274 1379 1564 1564 1414 1400
d) Export credit for defence purposes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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TABLE 151 : INDIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT - US DOLLAR (End-March) (Contd.)
(US$ Million)
Item 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
V. Commercial Borrowing 26405 26452 41443 62334 62461 70726 100476 120136 140125 149375
a) Commercial bank loans 14375 16479 24577 40159 43169 44832 58643 72946 83555 96946
b) Securitized borrowings (inclu. IDBs and FCCBs) 11197 9217 15603 20668 17918 25075 41100 46686 56274 52149
c) Loans/securitized borrowings, etc., with multilateral/bilateral guarantee and IFC(W) 833 756 1263 1507 1374 819 733 504 296 280
d) Self liquidating loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VI. Non-resident Deposits 32743 36282 41240 43672 41554 47890 51682 58608 70822 103844
VII. Rupee Debt 2302 2059 1951 2017 1523 1658 1601 1354 1258 1468
a) Defence 2031 1819 1728 1794 1361 1487 1437 1216 1133 1361
b) Civilian 271 240 223 223 162 171 164 138 125 107
VIII. Total Long-term Debt (I to VII) 116279 119575 144230 178669 181185 208606 252901 282587 312677 354500
IX. Short-term Debt 17723 19539 28130 45738 43313 52329 64990 78179 96697 91678
a) Non-resident deposits (up to 1 year maturity) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
b) Trade-related credits 16271 19399 25979 41901 39915 47473 58463 65130 86787 81743
1) Above 180 days 7529 8696 11971 22884 23346 28003 35347 39182 59021 54992
2) Up to 180 days 8742 10703 14008 19017 16569 19470 23116 25948 27766 26751
c) FII investments on government treasury bills and other instruments 1452 140 397 651 2065 3357 5424 9395 5455 5605
d) Investments in treasury bills by foreign central banks and international institutions 0 0 164 155 105 103 50 64 82 95
e) External Debt Liabilities of (i+ii) 0 0 1590 3031 1228 1396 1053 3590 4373 4235
i) Central Bank 0 0 501 1115 764 695 155 170 181 148
ii) Commercial Banks 0 0 1089 1916 464 701 898 3420 4192 4087
X. Gross External Debt Position 134002 139114 172360 224407 224498 260935 317891 360766 409374 446178
Concessional Debt as % of Total Debt 30.7 28.4 23.0 19.7 18.7 16.8 14.9 13.3 11.1 10.4
Short-term Debt as % of Total Debt 13.2 14.0 16.3 20.4 19.3 20.1 20.4 21.7 23.6 20.5
Debt to GDP Ratio (%) 18.4 17.1 17.7 18.3 20.7 18.5 18.6 21.1 22.4 23.9
Debt Service Ratio (%) 5.9 10.1 4.7 4.8 4.4 5.8 4.4 6.0 5.9 5.9
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TABLE 151 : INDIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT - US DOLLAR (End-March)
(US$ Million)
Item 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
I. Multilateral 52391 54000 54499 57249 57419 60023 69904 72864 74836
A. Government Borrowing 43015 44170 44356 46907 46471 48354 57689 60596 63451
i) Concessional 24679 25005 24117 25256 23272 22211 22734 21200 19189
a) IDA 24294 24595 23705 24789 22803 21704 22206 20684 18694
b) Others 385 411 412 467 469 507 527 516 495
ii) Non-concessional 18336 19165 20238 21651 23199 26143 34956 39396 44262
a) IBRD 9117 9244 9335 9496 9756 11058 13650 14944 16507
b) Others 9219 9921 10903 12155 13443 15085 21306 24452 27755
B. Non-government Borrowing 9376 9829 10144 10341 10949 11669 12214 12268 11385
i) Concessional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Non-concessional 9376 9829 10144 10341 10949 11669 12214 12268 11385
a) Public Sector 5010 5319 4944 5192 5667 6195 6632 6465 6082
IBRD 2502 2554 2558 2608 2706 2877 3013 3051 2929
Others 2508 2765 2386 2583 2961 3317 3619 3414 3153
b) Financial Institutions 3492 3791 4595 4654 4722 4089 4118 4354 4002
IBRD 592 899 1120 1142 1226 1150 1085 1121 1058
Others 2900 2892 3475 3511 3496 2939 3033 3233 2944
c) Private Sector 874 719 605 496 560 1385 1465 1449 1301
IBRD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 874 719 605 496 560 1385 1465 1449 1301
II. Bilateral 21726 22448 23214 25373 26646 28058 31064 32524 34570
A. Government Borrowing 14121 15457 16887 19857 20514 22370 24640 26051 27570
i) Concessional 14121 15457 16887 19857 20514 22370 24640 26051 27570
ii) Non-concessional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Non-government Borrowing 7605 6991 6327 5516 6132 5687 6424 6473 7000
i) Concessional 1610 1786 1845 1998 2523 3309 3449 3224 3366
a) Public Sector 1205 1359 1040 1170 1767 2504 2650 2609 2803
b) Financial Institutions 405 427 805 827 755 805 798 614 563
c) Private Sector 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ii) Non-concessional 5995 5205 4482 3518 3609 2378 2975 3249 3634
a) Public Sector 1846 1646 1460 1311 1417 514 757 860 878
b) Financial Institutions 531 455 488 389 354 302 771 799 1058
c) Private Sector 3618 3105 2534 1818 1838 1561 1446 1590 1698
III. International Monetary Fund 5488 5605 5410 5784 5523 5430 5638 22876 22261
IV. Trade Credit 12608 10548 9625 9485 7747 6849 6293 3344 2940
a) Buyers credit 10546 8286 7216 6718 4970 3956 3217 2556 2177
b) Suppliers credit 834 918 940 1040 993 947 934 788 763
c) Export credit component of bilateral credit 1228 1344 1468 1727 1784 1945 2143 0 0
d) Export credit for defence purposes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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TABLE 151 : INDIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT - US DOLLAR (End-March) (Concld.)
(US$ Million)
Item 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
V. Commercial Borrowing 180295 180480 172045 201821 205804 219466 216559 225797 221976
a) Commercial bank loans 101492 97585 87492 84679 94582 109131 101976 104708 107519
b) Securitized borrowings (inclu. IDBs and FCCBs) 78426 82533 84195 116798 110923 110050 114311 120853 114248
c) Loans/securitized borrowings, etc., with multilateral/bilateral guarantee and IFC(W) 377 362 358 344 300 284 272 237 209
d) Self liquidating loans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VI. Non-resident Deposits 115163 126929 116867 126182 130423 130581 141895 139022 138879
VII. Rupee Debt 1506 1278 1228 1213 1158 1022 975 960 813
a) Defence 1407 1189 1141 1130 1084 958 913 904 765
b) Civilian 99 89 87 83 74 64 62 56 48
VIII. Total Long-term Debt (I to VII) 389177 401287 382888 427105 434719 451428 472327 497387 496275
IX. Short-term Debt 85499 83504 88124 102173 108415 106887 101082 121688 128379
a) Non-resident deposits (up to 1 year maturity) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
b) Trade-related credits 81631 80022 86489 100389 102409 101384 97254 117359 123898
1) Above 180 days 53405 51208 56155 66297 52476 51603 46903 48098 60802
2) Up to 180 days 28226 28814 30333 34091 49934 49781 50351 69261 63095
c) FII investments on government treasury bills and other instruments 1167 20 40 89 1735 1733 1697 2101 1998
d) Investments in treasury bills by foreign central banks and international institutions 114 238 243 275 263 242 266 256 229
e) External Debt Liabilities of (i+ii) 2586 3225 1352 1420 4008 3529 1865 1972 2254
i) Central Bank 150 180 243 274 221 180 174 76 134
ii) Commercial Banks 2436 3045 1110 1146 3787 3349 1691 1897 2120
X. Gross External Debt Position 474675 484791 471012 529278 543135 558315 573410 619076 624654
Concessional Debt as % of Total Debt 8.8 9.0 9.4 9.1 8.7 8.8 9.0 8.3 8.2
Short-term Debt as % of Total Debt 18.0 17.2 18.7 19.3 20.0 19.1 17.6 19.7 20.6
Debt to GDP Ratio (%) 23.8 23.4 19.8 20.1 19.9 20.9 21.1 20.0 18.9
Debt Service Ratio (%) 7.6 8.8 8.3 7.5 6.4 6.5 8.2 5.2 5.3
Notes : IDBs : India Development Bonds FCCBs : Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
FC(W) : International Finance Corporation (Washington) FC(B&O) : Foreign Currency (Banks & Others) Deposits
1. Other concessional multilateral government borrowing refers to debt outstanding to Institutions like IFAD, OPEC & EEC (SAC).
2. Multilateral non-concessional government/ public sector/ financial institutions other borrowings refers to debt outstanding against loans from ADB.
3. Securitised commercial borrowings (inclu. IDBs and FCCBs) include net Investment by 100% Fll debt funds, Resurgent India Bonds (RIBs) and India Millennium Deposits (IMDs).
4. Rupee debt refers to debt owed to Russia denominated in rupees and converted at current exchange rates, payable in exports.
5. Civilian's rupee debt includes supplier’s credit from end-March 1990 onwards.
6. Short-term debt does not include suppliers’ credit of up to180 days from 1994 till 2004.
7. Multilateral loans do not include revaluation of IBRD pooled loans and exchange rate adjustment under IDA loans for Pre-1971 credits.
8. Debt service ratio from the year 1992-93 includes the revised private transfer contra-entry on account of gold and silver imports.
Sources : Ministry of Finance, Government of India and Reserve Bank of India.

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