Page 51 - Fiscal Deficit

To boost spending, govt seeks parliament nod to spend extra Rs 853 billion

This extra spending is unlikely to impact the country's fiscal deficit target.

April-January fiscal deficit touches 113.7% of full-year target

Net tax receipts in the first ten months of 2017/18 fiscal year were Rs 9.7 trillion, government data showed

Govt expects up to Rs 40-bn surplus fund from Sebi: DEA Secretary

The government has already sought dividend of about Rs 130 billion from the Reserve Bank of India for 2016-17.

India's fiscal deficit may widen to 3.5% in FY19: Morgan Stanley report

Even though spending growth is expected to accelerate, Morgan Stanley's base case is that it does not expect a material impact on the inflation outlook

Fiscal deficit, growth and employment

Without accounting of the government's assets and liabilities, limits on fiscal deficits will only slow down growth and job creation

Fiscal deficit crosses 96% of Budget estimates at the end of October

Apr-Oct fiscal deficit at Rs 5.25 lakh cr, compared with Rs 4.2 lakh cr in the same period a year earlier

Taming fiscal deficit at 3.2% of GDP is a tall order

Meeting the fiscal deficit target will become more difficult in the second half of the fiscal year

No harm in fiscal deficit slippage if capex gets major boost: Ficci head

In an interview with Business Standard, Rashesh Shah also said that tax incentives for capital expenditure were a key issue

Govt to raise Rs 50,000 cr via G-secs; fiscal deficit target to be breached

The central government is learnt to be planning to borrow an additional amount of Rs 50,000 cr from the bond market, over and above the budget estimate of Rs 5.80 lakh crore for fiscal year 2017-18

Fiscal deficit worries give Sensex, Nifty a scare

The government has decided to make an additional borrowing of Rs 50,000 crore this fiscal through dated securities

April-Nov fiscal deficit hits 112% of full-year target

Net tax receipts in the first 8 months of 2017/18 financial year were Rs 6.99 lakh cr

Fiscal deficit worries

Revenue uncertainty increases the strain

Govt to borrow Rs 50,000 cr extra via dated securities in Jan-March FY18

Move could widen the country's fiscal deficit

Market falls on fiscal deficit concerns

The Sensex fell 0.84 per cent, or 281 points to 33,034 with banking and energy stocks leading the fall

Fiscal deficit rises to 91.3% of FY18 target in 6 months

In absolute terms, the difference between expenditure and revenue stood at Rs 4.99 lakh cr for the said period

Govt likely to achieve fiscal deficit target of 3.2% in FY18: SBI report

In the current year so far, the government has already raised about Rs 19,759 crore through minority stake sale in CPSEs and strategic disinvestment

Is fiscal deficit of 3.2% of GDP written in stone?

Deficit isn't necessarily a bad thing. Much depends on how public money is allocated and spent and what the macroeconomic situation is

Stimulus roadblock: Fiscal deficit at 96% of full-year target

For the same period last year, the fiscal deficit stood at 76.4 per cent of the full-year target

April-August fiscal deficit reaches 96.1% of FY18 target

The deficit was 76.4% of the full-year target during the same period a year ago.

Amid economic slowdown, Modi govt sticks to FY18 borrowing target

Modi's top policy advisers have called for stepping up government spending