Stimulus to continue; may cut oil subsidies: FM

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Posted: Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 1645 hrs IST
Updated: Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 1645 hrs IST

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New Delhi: The Government said it is looking at steps to cut subsidy on fertiliser and oil sale with an aim to cutting non-Plan expenditure and contain fiscal deficit.

Addressing the economic editors' conference, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the fiscal deficit would be rolled back to 5.5 per cent in the next financial year from 6.8 per cent in 2009-10. However, he said stimulus packages given to industry last year would continue.

He said a few more PSUs have been identified for disinvestment after the overwhelming response to NHPC and Oil India IPOs. Market capitalisation of both these companies increased significantly after the public offer.

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