 | Fiscal deficit jumps 67 per cent in Apr-May to 2 lakh croresCentral government’s fiscal deficit increased 67% to Rs 2 lakh crore owing to slow growth in revenue receipt and a 23% growth in expenditure. |
 | Fiscal deficit at 59 per cent of the budget target till Jan 2022The total receipts of the government in end-January were Rs 18.71 lakh crore or 85.9% of the Revised Estimates (RE) for 2021-22. |
 | Growing revenues will lower fiscal deficit: Revenue Secretary"The fiscal deficit at present is 6.9 per cent of the GDP. The target for 2025-26 is to bring down to 4.5 per cent." |
 | Demand from capital spending depts prompts revision of fiscal deficit target“Our revised fiscal deficit estimate largely reflects the capacity expressed by the spending departments,” says a finance ministry official. |
 | Higher deficit, lack of clarity on fisc consolidation add risks to lowering debt: ReportThe Budget presented by the government on February 1 continued to emphasise support for growth over fiscal consolidation, Fitch said. |
 | Government's borrowing programme not to crowd out private investment: DEA SecretaryDEA Secretary Ajay Seth opined that the market borrowing could be trimmed if the collection from small savings schemes is higher than anticipated. |
 | In COVID times, high fiscal deficit can be growth mantraThe quality of fiscal consolidation suffers if the path to fiscal consolidation is through expenditure compression rather than increased tax buoyancy. |
 | Budget 2022: High fiscal deficit can be growth mantra, says expertSimultaneously, she has not deviated from the medium-term fiscal consolidation path to bring down the high fiscal deficit to 4.5% of the GDP by FY26. |
 | Centre could have delivered more, fiscal deficit still a worry: ExpertThe Budget 2022, in some sense, looks like what is expected of the budget — a statement of intent rather than a balance sheet of the government. |
 | Union government pegs fiscal deficit for FY22 a tad higher at 6.9 per centThe fiscal deficit or the gap between expenditure and revenue was estimated at 6.8 per cent of the gross domestic product in the current financial year ending March 31, 2022. |
 | General government fiscal deficit estimated at 10.4 per cent in FY2022: ReportThe government's gross tax receipts is expected to overshoot the budgeted amount by a healthy Rs 2.5 lakh crore with a palpable buoyancy in tax collections in FY2022. |
 | Fiscal deficit touches 46 per cent of annual targetDuring the same period last year, the government has managed to mop up 8.1 lakh crore in revenue, including tax, non-tax and capital receipts. |
 | India's Apr-Nov fiscal deficit over 46% of FY22 targetThe Central government's total expenditure stood at Rs 2,074,607 crore (62.7 per cent of BE) while total receipts were Rs 1,378,993 crore (69.8 per cent of BE). |
 | Government keeps fiscal deficit at 36 per cent of targetThe fiscal deficit of the government in the April-Oct 2021 period stood at Rs 5.44 lakh crore, just 36% of the full-year budget target of Rs 15 lakh crore. |
 | Fiscal deficit at 36.3 pc of annual estimate at end-Oct: CGAThe fiscal deficit for 2020-21 was 9.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), better than 9.5 per cent projected in the revised estimates in the Budget in February. |
