INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: India Inc's foreign borrowings grew over two-fold to $3.41 billion in October over the corresponding month a year ago, according
to data from the Reserve Bank of India.
Indian companies had raised $1.41 billion in borrowings from overseas markets in October 2018.
Of
the total money borrowed by the domestic companies, $2.87 billion was through the automatic route of external commercial borrowing (ECB),
$538 million came in through the approval route of ECB, showed the data.
In the ECB category, the major borrowers tapping the automatic
route included Muthoot Finance ($400 million), HPCL-Mittal Energy ($300 million), Wardha Solar (Maharashtra) ($251 million), Larsen and
Toubro ($200 million), Deccan Fine Chemicals ($140 million) and Aditya Birla Finance ($75 million).
Two companies tapped the approval route
with JSW Steel raising $400 million, while Shriram Transport Finance borrowed $138 million in October this year.
No money was raised through
the rupee-denominated bonds or the masala bonds during the month, nor in the year-ago period
