Page 9 - Latest Updates on Fiscal Deficit
FY25 Budget confirms govt's commitment to reduce fiscal deficit: Fitch
The government's fiscal deficit target for FY25 is significantly below the 5.4 per cent that the ratings agency anticipated when it affirmed India's 'BBB-' rating, with a stable outlook, in January 20
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Fiscal clarity needed
India needs medium-term targets
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Union Budget 2024: On prudent path, towards long-term sustainability
For the first time, the government has rolled out a package to raise the long-term employability of the country's youth and incentivise their hiring by corporates
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Govt changes stance on fiscal consolidation, prioritises debt reduction
Finance Secretary said the figure of 3% for fiscal deficit does not take into account the specific dynamics of a fast growing economy like India
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Arunachal Pradesh Dy CM presents Rs 993 crore deficit budget for FY25
Mein, who also holds the Finance, Planning and Investment portfolios, said the budget estimate is pegged at Rs 35,840.79 crore, a 20.85-per cent increase over the 2023-24 figure.
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India needs to monetise assets to support spending, says JPMorgan
The federal budget released Tuesday targeted a smaller fiscal deficit for this year on the back of a record dividend from the Reserve Bank of India
 "India needs to monetise assets to support spending, says JPMorgan")
Budget 2024 is growth oriented, addresses right sectors: Vikas Khemani
Union Budget 2024 analysis: The government has laid out a clear vision for 'Viksit Bharat' by addressing key areas - agricultural reforms, manufacturing push and employment generation among others
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Budget 2024: Lower fiscal deficit estimate for FY25 cheers bond market
Rupee declines to new low over fall in domestic equities
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From capital gains tax to job creation, understanding Union Budget 2024
Budget 2024: While some of the announcements were on expected lines, many have led to a surprise among investors
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Well-focused Budget 2024 with special development thrust: Madan Sabnavis
Union Budget 2024-25 news: There has been some comfort provided to individuals who opt for the new income tax scheme as there is some rationalisation across the slabs
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Budget 2024: FM Sitharaman reduces fiscal deficit for FY25 to 4.9% of GDP
This is 20 basis points lower than 5.1 per cent announced in the interim budget
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Tax cuts to welfare support: Here's what to expect from Modi 3.0 1st Budget
Government is expected to reduce its deficit target slightly from the 5.1 per cent of gross domestic product projected before the elections
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Income tax rate cut, sops for PSUs: Brokerage expectations from budget 2024
Expectations (as measured by pre-budget equity market performance), wrote analysts at Morgan Stanley in a note, are important in determining what the market does immediately after the budget
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Negative surprise on fiscal deficit unlikely in Budget: Nippon India MF CIO
The current government, right from 2014, has shown an inclination to maintain fiscal discipline, he says
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Fiscal headroom should be used to spend on social sector, says Ficci
The economists said the fiscal deficit target for 2024-25 could be slightly lowered, from the 5.1 per cent estimate laid out in the Interim Budget earlier this year
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Fiscal policy reset needed, especially after a difficult Covid phase
Government intervention during the pandemic seemed conscious of the fact that India's fiscal position was not very strong at the beginning of the crisis
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Govt may scale down fiscal deficit target to 5% or less in Budget: ICRA
The government had pegged the fiscal deficit estimate at 5.1 per cent for the current fiscal year when it presented the interim Budget in February
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Full Budgets tend to realign fiscal deficits set in interim Budgets
Analysis of fiscal trends since 1991 reveals that full Budgets typically reduce fiscal and revenue deficits set in interim budgets, with notable exceptions during economic crises and major reforms
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Budget Watch: FinMin confident of sticking to fiscal deficit of 5.1% of GDP
However, this path may not be as easy for the government to tread
India's rating upgrade likely in 2 years if fiscal deficit falls to 4%: S&P
The central government estimates to bring down fiscal deficit to 5.1 per cent of the GDP in the current fiscal, from 5.63 per cent in 2023-24
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