खुले बाजार से 1000 करोड़ का कर्ज ले रहा उत्तराखंड, पहले से ही है 60 हजार करोड़ का लोन

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उत्तराखंड में बढ़ता कर्ज का मर्ज, मौजूदा वित्तीय वर्ष में 4400 पहुंची कर्ज की रकम, नहीं बढ़ सके आय के स्रोत

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00:00The Uttarakhand government is going to take a loan of Rs. 1000 crores from the open market.

00:11Although this amount is really very big, but the concern is not about the loan,

00:16but about the fact that the source of income from the state is not increasing.

00:21The special thing is that the state government has already taken a loan of Rs. 3400 crores this year.

00:28Now, after getting a loan of Rs. 1000 crores, the total amount of the loan will reach Rs. 4400 crores this year.

00:36Economic analyst Rajendra Bisht says that this loan is being taken for 7 years,

00:42that is, the state government will return this loan by 2032.

00:47Whenever there is a state government,

00:51if there is no allocation in the budget or they have less money,

00:58then there are different ways to take money from the market.

01:01They either issue their bonds or make bonds of their state government.

01:06They can be unsecured and secured, or they borrow from the market in some other form.

01:13The state government is taking a loan of 7 years,

01:20and it is being done through their account in the Reserve Bank.

01:24The different financial institutions that want to give Rs. 1000 crores to the Uttarakhand government,

01:31their coupon rate, which we call interest rate, is not fixed.

01:34It will be finalized according to the bid, and we will find out tomorrow how much it has.

01:40But generally, if you look at how the government has disclosed that there is a debt of Rs. 57,114 crores in 2021,

01:48another debt has been added to it, which will add up to Rs. 1000 crores,

01:52and how the government will service it.

01:54But the government says that it needs it in rural development, power, and different sectors,

02:00so it will put that loan there, and the loan will be repaid after 7 years.

02:05Anand Vardhan, the Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand,

02:09asked ETV Bharat about the loan being taken by the state government.

02:14He said that the state government takes a loan as per the need.

02:19When it takes time to take a budget from the centre,

02:22a loan is taken from the open market as well.

02:25This is done to fulfill the development plans of the state.

02:29On the other hand, the Secretary of Uttarakhand, Dilip Javalkar says

02:34that the loan taken by the state is within the limit.

02:38The decision to take a loan has been taken while keeping the various schemes in view.

02:43It has also been clarified in the notice issued to take a loan from the open market

02:48that by 31 March 2021, Uttarakhand had a loan of Rs. 57,114.6449 crores.

02:58The state government is giving this loan of Rs. 1,000 crores from the open market

03:02to advance various schemes in the fields of energy, agriculture, irrigation, and industrial development.

03:10Let's listen to what senior journalist Neeraj Kohli has to say about this.

03:14This is not the first time that a loan has been taken from the state.

03:20At times, when the government is unable to get help from the Indian government,

03:35it takes a loan.

03:37There is no problem in taking a loan,

03:39but the question is whether we are in a position to pay the loan or not.

03:43Will we be able to pay the loan that we are taking?

03:46This is a big question.

03:48After the formation of the state, in the last 24 years,

03:51how much financial burden was there on Uttarakhand at the time of formation of the state?

03:58And how much financial burden is there in today's date?

04:00According to the figures of the Uttarakhand government of 2021,

04:04I think that the loan of Rs. 57,000 crores is still on the Uttarakhand government.

04:09And in the last 3-4 years, this graph will increase.

04:14So, there is no problem in taking a loan.

04:16But the biggest thing is that if we are unable to pay the loan at the right time and in the right form,

04:23then this graph of loan will continue to increase and we will get more entangled in the margin of the loan.

04:28So, what I mean to say is that this is a small state.

04:31We will have to increase the scope of our financial resources.

04:35We will have to increase the income of our revenue

04:39so that our independence is not more on the Indian government,

04:44not on the major banks.

04:45And the effort should be to raise as little money as possible from the market

04:49and develop our financial resources in a good way.

04:53So that it is a small state.

04:55If we get entangled in this trap,

04:59then in the coming days, whoever will come forward,

05:02they will have to go through the difficulties.

05:05After the establishment of the state of Uttarakhand,

05:08the financial situation of the state has not been much better.

05:12After the establishment of Uttarakhand as a separate state,

05:16a loan of about Rs. 4000 crores had come to the state.

05:20After this, this loan gradually increased and this figure reached around Rs. 60,000 crores.

05:27It is hoped that in the new year, the government will increase its financial resources

05:32so that it does not have to be forced to take loans in the future.

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