Tamil Nadu’s net market borrowings (after adjusting for repayments) have been down by about 30.3% till September in FY 2022-23.
It is reduced to ₹24,403 crore from ₹35,000 crore in the same period last year.
Tamil Nadu borrows from the market through the issue of bonds known as State Development Loans (SDLs).
Tamil Nadu’s total revenue receipts stood at about ₹1.12 lakh crore in the first half of 2022-23, up from ₹85,209.74 crore last year.
As on September 30, 2022, Tamil Nadu’s fiscal deficit stood at ₹18,726.32 crore and the revenue deficit at ₹4,184.10 crore.
Maharashtra and Odisha have witnessed fiscal surpluses in the first half of fiscal 2023.
Some large states like Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have posted very small deficits (less than 30% of budgeted estimates).
Bihar and Andhra Pradesh have already breached their full-year targets in the first half of 2023.