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    Centre’s H2 limit for Ways and Means Advances at Rs 50,000 cr: RBI

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    Centre's H2 limit for Ways and Means Advances at Rs 50,000 cr: RBI

    The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the central government for the second half of the financial year 2025-26 will be Rs 50,000 crore.The WMA are temporary advances given by the RBI to the central, state governments and UTs to tide over any mismatch in receipts and payments.The WMA has been decided in consultation with the Government of India, the RBI said in a statement.”Reserve Bank of India may trigger fresh floatation of market loans when the Government of India utilises 75 per cent of the WMA limit,” it added.The central bank also said that it retains the flexibility to revise the WMA limit at any time taking into consideration the prevailing circumstances.Live EventsThe interest rate on WMA will be the prevailing repo rate and on overdraft it will be 2 per cent above the repo rate.The central government will borrow Rs 6.77 lakh crore in the second half of this fiscal, reducing the total borrowing for the current financial year by Rs 10,000 crore.In the Budget for 2025-26, the government planned a gross borrowing of Rs 14.82 lakh crore. However, it has borrowed Rs 5,000 crore less in the first half (April-September) and lowered the estimates for H2 (October-March) by a similar amount.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now!
    Thus, the total borrowing for the current fiscal is estimated to be lower at Rs 14.72 lakh crore.(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)

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