NEW DELHI- India's federal government plans to borrow 5.03 trillion Indian rupees ($68.15 billion) in bonds in the October-March period, it said in a statement on Monday.

The government borrowed 7.02 trillion rupees in the April-September period. New Delhi had already said it aimed to borrow 12.06 trillion rupees in bonds in the current financial year, which runs through March 2022. ($1 = 73.8130 Indian rupees)

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