TNPSC Thervupettagam

Government's gross market borrowings

December 5 , 2024 9 days 118 0
  • Tamil Nadu government’s gross market borrowings stood at 50,000 crore in the first half of fiscal 2024-2025.
  • Tamil Nadu borrows from the market through issue of bonds known as State Development Loans (SDLs) to meet their funding requirements.
  • Maharashtra was the top borrowing State in the first half of fiscal 2024-2025, with gross borrowings of 64,000 crore.
  • It was followed by Andhra Pradesh at 44,000 crore.
  • Tamil Nadu’s total revenue receipts stood at 1,23,970.01 crore for the first half of 2024-25.
  • This is about 41.46% of the States budget estimates for 2024-25.
  • The State’s Own Tax Revenue (SOTR) accounts for 75.6% of Tamil Nadu’s total revenue receipts.
  • The balance 24.4% of the revenue receipts comes from the share in Central taxes and grants-in-aid from the Union government.
  • Tamil Nadu’s revenue deficit, which indicates that expenditure exceeds receipts, came in at 28,717.51 crore in the first half of 2024-25.
  • The fiscal deficit, the difference between total receipts and total expenditure, stood at 53,934.32 crore.

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