New Delhi, March 27 -- The Centre will borrow Rs.8.2 trillion, about half of the gross borrowing requirement projected for the next financial year starting April, the finance ministry's half yearly borrowing plan released on Friday showed.

The plan - a mild increase from the Rs.8 trillion borrowed in the first half of the current fiscal year - keeps the borrowing pegged in the Union budget unchanged despite concerns about how the West Asia war could affect the Union government's finances.

The ministry said that the plan was decided in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India. The gross market borrowing for fiscal 2027 was initially estimated at Rs.17.2 trillion in the budget presented in February, but subsequently, government securit...