Govt retires Rs326bn debt in a week

In the week to August 14, 2026, the government retired Rs325.87 billion of debt, according to Mettis Global, which cited the central bank's weekly estimates. That lifted the net retirement for fiscal year 2027 to Rs423.64bn so far.

Budgetary support accounted for Rs327.37bn of net weekly retirement, while commodity operations saw Rs1.57bn and other categories Rs68m. Cumulatively for the year, repayments total Rs413.71bn for budgetary support, Rs8.8bn for commodity operations and Rs1.13bn for other purposes.

Budgetary support is financed mainly through the State Bank and scheduled banks, the report added. Over the fiscal year, the government has borrowed a net Rs1.17 trillion from the central bank, while it has retired a net Rs1.58 trillion from scheduled banks.