From the record
A quiet year in the ledgers
No dated event for 1982 has yet been extracted from the sources. The paper prints what is documented and leaves the rest blank, rather than guessing.
Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi
The Age Of Stars
Partition, planning, aid consortia and nationalised banks.
Vol. CVIIIThe edition of 1982 · The Planned Republic2 records
- Prime Minister
- Indira Gandhi
- Presidents
- N. Sanjiva Reddy · Giani Zail Singh
- Finance Ministers
- Ramaswamy Venkataraman · Pranab Mukherjee
- RBI Governors
- I.G. Patel · Manmohan Singh
Bank Rate
10%
unchanged on 1981
Rupee per dollar
₹9.48
+9.3% on 1981
Inflation
7.89%
−5.22 pts on 1981
GDP growth
3.48%
−2.53 pts on 1981
Reserves
$8,242m
+1.6% on 1981
External debt
$26,943m
+19.9% on 1981
The Ledger: what was borrowed in 1982
Full ledger →| Creditor | Instrument | Amount | US$ m | Status | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank syndicate (not named) | ICICI Euroloan | 12 USD | 12 | repaid | verified |
| KfW (Germany) | ICICI loans (DM 25 + 20 + 20 mn) | 65 DEM | repaid | verified |
Rows are listed as recorded. Some describe the same loan from different sources and must not be added together.
