NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's fiscal deficit during April-May was 2289.86 billion rupees ($33.92 billion), or 42.9 percent of the budgeted target for the fiscal year ending in March 2017, government data showed on Thursday.
The deficit was 37.5 percent during the same period a year ago.
Net tax receipts in the first two months of 2016/17 fiscal year were 496.90 billion rupees.
($1 = 67.5052 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Malini Menon)