Government's Public Debt Exceeds NPR 30 Trillion, Aims to Borrow Additional NPR 658 Billion This Fiscal Year
As of mid-October (end of Ashwin) in the current fiscal year 2083/84, the government's total public debt has reached **NPR 30 trillion 9 billion 11 million 66 lakh**. The government aims to mobilize **NPR 658 billion 28 million 7 lakh** in public debt this year.
Kathmandu. The government's total public debt has surpassed NPR 30 trillion. As of the end of Ashwin in the current fiscal year 2083/84, the total public debt has reached NPR 30 trillion 9 billion 11 million 66 lakh.
At the beginning of the current fiscal year, the government's total public debt stood at NPR 29 trillion 81 billion 70 million 28 lakh. Since then, in three months, the government has borrowed NPR 123 billion 32 million 58 lakh.
Of the total public debt, external debt accounts for 53.13 percent (NPR 15 trillion 98 billion 80 million 57 lakh), while domestic debt constitutes 46.87 percent (NPR 14 trillion 10 billion 31 million 9 lakh).
During the same period, the government has repaid a total of NPR 77 billion 74 million 78 lakh in principal.
Meanwhile, the government has set a target to mobilize a total of NPR 658 billion 28 million 7 lakh in public debt in the current fiscal year. By the end of Ashwin, the government has already received NPR 123 billion 32 million 58 lakh in loans.