The Centre on Friday announced a plan to borrow Rs 7.86 lakh crore from the market on a gross basis in the second half of the current financial year, in sync with market expectations, which will help ease pressure on bond yields. Gross market borrowing for the whole financial year has been reduced to Rs 16 lakh crore, compared with Rs 17.2 lakh crore announced in the Union Budget for FY27. After accounting for repayments, the Budget pegged the net market borrowing at Rs 11.7 lakh crore.