State Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy today informed the House, the government had taken loans from 2004-05 to 2010-11 to the tune of Rs 95,609.12 crore. Responding to a question raised by Ravula Chandra Sekhar Reddy and Palle Raghunantha Reddy (both TDP) during Question Hour in the House, the Minister said out of total loans obtained, the lions share of Rs 52,966.77 crores was from market borrowings. Depending upon the institution, the rate of interest charged on the loans varied between 6.5 per cent to 13 per cent and the repayment period between 7 to 25 years, the Minister informed. UNI
