<span style="color: #222222;">The Central Government today released the Tenth and Eleventh Edition of the Status Paper on the Government Debt. It provides a detailed analysis of the overall debt position of the government. This paper enhances transparency by providing a detailed account of debt operations during the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 and an assessment of the health of the public debt portfolio based on internationally accepted debt performance indicators. The government's debt portfolio is characterised by prudent risk profile.<br />''<br />'' Conventional indicators of debt sustainability which is Debt/ GDP ratio, interest payment to revenue receipts and  shares of short-term debt in total debt indicate that the debt profile of the government is comfortably placed in terms of debt sustainability parameters. The Paper also includes a chapter on Medium Term Debt Management Strategy of the Central Government.<br />''The Centre has been bringing-out an Annual Status Paper on government Debt since 2010-11.</span><br />