The government repaid $3.2 billion to creditors to service foreign debts in the first nine months of the current financial year (2024-25).
The debt repayment in the July-March period of FY25 grew by about 24 per cent compared with that of $2.5 billion paid in the same period of FY24.
Of the payment, $2.01 billion was paid against the principal amount and $1.2 billion as interest, according to an update released by the Economic Relations Division on Wednesday.
In the same period of FY24, $1.5 billion was paid against the principal amount and $1.05 billion as interest.
The overseas loan commitments dropped to $3 billion in the first nine months of FY25 compared with that of $7.2 billion in the same period of FY24.
