Outstanding public debt exceeded 26 trillion 76 billion rupees

Chaitra 5, 2081

Kantipur Reporter

Outstanding public debt exceeded 26 trillion 76 billion rupees

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As of last February, the outstanding public debt of the government has reached 26 trillion 76 billion 3 crore rupees. This is 46.91 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Nepal. Until last June, the public debt was 24 trillion 34 billion 9 billion rupees.

Of the total outstanding public debt, the office said that the internal debt is 13 trillion 15 billion 57 crores (23.06 percent of GDP) and the external debt is 13 trillion 60 billion 46 billion rupees (23.85 percent of GDP).

This year, the government has set a target of raising public debt of 5 trillion 47 billion rupees. According to this, 3 trillion 34 billion 62 crore rupees have been raised till February. 

Kantipur

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