Indian Bonds Reverse Gains as Borrowing Plan Disappoints Market

  • Borrowing plan slightly reduced to $168 billion from February
  • Yield on 10-year government bond little changed at 6.97%

Nirmala Sitharaman departs to present the budget at parliament in New Delhi, on July 23.

Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg
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Indian bonds reversed gains after the government disappointed traders expecting a bigger cut in debt sales.

The administration plans to borrow 14.01 trillion rupees ($168 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday. That’s slightly lower than 14.1 trillion rupees estimated in a Bloomberg survey and proposed in the interim budget in February.