Letter to BS: Govt may resort to tested ways to contain fiscal gap

At some stage, the government needs to muster the courage to exploit the idle wealth in the country in public interest

This refers to “Govt may resort to tested ways to contain fiscal gap” (November 24). Admitting the report itself is speculative, one wonders why the government should show such a high level of diffidence when it comes to the fiscal deficit. The messy handling of the country's resources gets reflected in government accounts and balance sheets of organisations owned or controlled by the Centre. 

Earlier this year, the Centre persuaded the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to make an advance payment of Rs 100 billion against surplus income transferable after closing of RBI’s accounts in June 2018. Institutions such as the