Telangana's government is facing increasing financial strain, with its borrowing in the first quarter of 2025-26 reaching an alarming 37.5 percent of the state's annual borrowing limit. Despite modest growth in tax receipts, non-tax revenues continue to lag, and the state is facing a widening fiscal deficit.
Telangana will raise Rs. 12,000 crore through market borrowings in July–September, pushing total borrowings to Rs. 29,400 crore for the first half of 2025–26. Experts warn repeated overshooting without matching revenue growth may impact financial stability.
New Delhi: The government will borrow about Rs 11.6 lakh crore from the market in 2022-23 to meet its expenditure requirement. This is nearly Rs 2 lakh crore higher than the current year’s Budget estimate of Rs 9.7 lakh crore. Total market borrowings of the government for 2022-23 are estimated to stand at Rs 11,58,719 […]