Parliament Question: Disclosure of off-budget borrowings

Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 403 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026/ 14 MAGHA, 1947 (SAKA) DISCLOSURE OF OFF-BUDGET BORROWINGS

403. Shri Mohammed Nadimul Haque:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has compiled and made public a consolidated statement of all off- budget borrowings and contingent liabilities incurred by Union Ministries and Departments since 2018-19; and

(b) the total value of such borrowings, year-wise for the last five years, along with the institutions through which they were raised? A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a) Statement-27 of Expenditure Profile (part of the Union Budget documents) titled, “Statement of Extra Budgetary Resources (Government Fully Serviced Bond and other Resources)” and Statement 1(iii) of Receipt Budget (part of the Union Budget documents), titled “Guarantees given by the Government, Statement under Rule 6 of the FRBM Rules, 2004”, makes public all the off-budget borrowings and contingent liabilities incurred by Union Ministries and Departments.

(b) The value of such borrowings (amount financed through Government fully serviced bonds from the annual financial statement) year-wise, for the last five years along with the names of

the institutions are provided in the table below: (Amount in ₹ crore) Financial Year Amount of EBR raised Name of Institution(s) 2024-25 Nil Nil 2023-24 Nil Nil 2022-23 Nil Nil 2021-22 751.80 NABARD Food Corporation of India (FCI), National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development 2020-21 1,21,301.10 (NABARD), Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council, Power Finance Corporation Ltd.

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