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Government will not borrow more this fiscal year: senior official

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Reuters Delhi, India

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government will not go in for additional borrowing this fiscal year and will be able to keep the fiscal deficit at 5.3 percent of GDP, said Arvind Mayaram, a senior finance ministry official.

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has staked his reputation on lowering the deficit to 5.3 percent of GDP to improve the investment climate following ratings agency threats to downgrade India's sovereign debt to junk if action was not taken.

(Reporting by Neha Dasgupta; writing by Matthias Williams)

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First Published: Feb 09 2013 | 4:52 PM IST

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