The Growth of Indian Public Debt: Dimensions of the Problem and Corrective Measures

July 1, 1991

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Raja J. Chelliah The Growth of Indian Public Debt: Dimensions of the Problem and Corrective Measures, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed September 18, 2024

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Summary

This paper traces the causes of the rapid growth of India’s public debt, with special reference to internal debt. It then demonstrates that the growth of debt would become unsustainable by the end of the 1990s if the present trends continue. It develops a methodology to iterate the path of growth of debt to discover the sustainable level of the primary deficit. Finally, it suggests concrete measures to bring down the primary deficit.

Subject: Domestic debt, Economic sectors, Expenditure, External debt, Interest payments, Public debt, Public enterprises

Keywords: Capital formation, Deadweight debt, Domestic debt, GDP ratio, Interest payment, Interest payments, Private sector, Public enterprises, Rate of interest, RBI credit, Treasury bills debt Rb, WP

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51
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Working Paper No. 1991/072
Stock No:

WPIEA0721991
ISBN:

9781451959024
ISSN:

1018-5941

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