Govt considering Rs 1 trn extra borrowing to offset fuel-tax cut: Report

The loss to the exchequer due to the recent excise duty cuts will have to be borne through additional market borrowings, says Bloomberg.

India will probably borrow the entire 1 trillion rupees ($12.9 billion) that the government will forgo as revenues due to a cut in gasoline and diesel levies, according to people familiar with the matter.

Higher collections from the goods and services tax as well as personal income taxes will be neutralized by additional spending on food and fertilizer subsidies that the government is giving to the poor and farmers, said the people, who declined to be identified as the discussions are private.

The loss to the exchequer due to the recent excise duty cuts will therefore have to be borne through additional