Foreign debt which stood at Rs. 2,071 billion by May 2011 has gone up to Rs. 2,759.7 billion by May 2012. Out of the total domestic debt, the government has borrowed Rs. 1,985.5 billion by selling treasury bonds, while Rs. 694 billion has been borrowed via selling treasury bills.
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