Nearly ₹30 trillion in bond supply and fragile demand mean yields will remain high in 2026–27 unless the RBI steps in as the buyer of last resort.
Yield Scribe
January 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM IST
Finance Ministry
India’s fiscal story can no longer be read through the Union Budget alone. State borrowing and spending now shape growth, interest rates and macroeconomic stability.
Duvvuri Subbarao
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 AM IST
India’s fiscal optics look tidy, but swelling state borrowings are distorting bond yields, overwhelming demand and blunting the RBI’s liquidity toolkit.
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM IST
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State governments’ borrowing programme needed a fix three months ago and is now proving difficult to stabilise.
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM IST
India’s central bank’s surprise rejection of bids in a seven-year bond sale soothed markets briefly, yet underlying demand-supply tensions remain entrenched.
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM IST