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Budget 2025, Union Budget, Nirmala Sitharaman, fiscal deficit, revenue receipt, growth, fiscal consolidation

Budget 2025: FM Sitharaman continues on fiscal consolidation path, cuts fiscal deficit target for FY26 to 4.4%

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pegged fiscal deficit target for FY26 at 4.4 per cent.

February 1, 2025 12:03 IST

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India’s fiscal deficit for April-December at Rs 9.14 lakh crore, widens to 56.7% of full-year target

India’s fiscal deficit for the first nine months of the current fiscal year stood at Rs 9.14 lakh crore.

January 31, 2025 16:59 IST

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Budget 2025 Expectations: How will FM walk the tight rope balancing growth and fiscal consolidation?

Economists said that supporting growth and adhering to fiscal consolidation commitment will be the guiding principle for Budget 2025.

January 31, 2025 16:14 IST

Budget 2025 Expectations: Here are 5 key expectations from FM Sitharaman

The Budget will unfold against the backdrop of subdued economic momentum, a weakening rupee, and heightened global geopolitical uncertainties, particularly…

January 22, 2025 12:24 IST

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Fiscal deficit in Apr-Nov at 52.5 per cent of BE

The finance ministry has said that in the upcoming Budget for FY26, the Centre may peg a fiscal deficit of…

December 31, 2024 23:15 IST

economic growth, GDP growth, public expenditure, monsoon, kharif cultivation, global activity, demand, MGNREGA, crude oil prices, employment

Will FY25 fiscal deficit meet Budget target? Capex yet to pick up

In October 2024, the Centre’s capex fell by about 8% on-year, underscoring the struggle to accelerate the pace due to…

Updated: December 30, 2024 17:18 IST

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India’s fiscal deficit for April-Oct at Rs 7.51 lakh crore, widens to 46.5% of FY25 target

India’s fiscal deficit for April-October was Rs 7.51 lakh crore, or 46.5 per cent of the estimate for the year…

November 29, 2024 17:28 IST

Spending pace rising but too little, too late: Govt capex to undershoot this year by Rs 750 billion, says Elara Capital

Total expenditure growth fell by 0.4 per cent YoY in H1FY25 versus 16.2 per cent growth in H1FY24 as Central…

November 29, 2024 13:15 IST

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H1 fiscal deficit benign at 29 per cent of FY25 target

Expenditure growth was modest as capex continued to decline while revenue expenditure growth broadly remained close to budget growth estimated.

October 31, 2024 02:00 IST

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April-September fiscal deficit narrows to 29.4% of FY25 target

In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit was at Rs 4,74,520 crore at September-end, according to data released by the Controller…

October 30, 2024 18:55 IST

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Low capex pace keeps budget gap modest

The government’s capex fell by 19.5% to Rs 3 lakh crore in April-August of FY25, partly due to a slowdown…

October 1, 2024 01:00 IST

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What’s the big worry for India now? UBS poses 5 key questions for economy

Even as the economic growth momentum looks strong in an otherwise gloomy global outlook, Tanvee Gupta Jain, Chief India Economist,…

September 27, 2024 17:54 IST

Govt sticks to borrowing target, to raise Rs 6.61 lakh crore in H2

Government sticks to borrowing target, to raise Rs 6.61 lakh crore in H2

The H2 borrowing will be conducted through bonds with maturities of three, five, seven, 10, 15, 30, 40 and 50…

September 27, 2024 02:45 IST

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Perils of Fiscal Freebies

Prolonging of fiscal freebies is a tacit acceptance and an indication that all is not well on the growth front.

September 21, 2024 12:36 IST

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From prudence to populism: Revised state budgets see sharp increase in revenue expenditure amid freebies and dole-outs

The trends of fiscal consolidation and realistic budget in the states has become a passe, with many state budgets showing…

September 5, 2024 13:46 IST

Of prudence and plumbing: The Budget is fiscally and financially prudent and correctly focuses on fixing the economy’s plumbing

To understand this year’s budgetary choices and trade-offs it’s first important to appreciate the global and domestic context.

July 24, 2024 04:15 IST

Over the past decade, the Modi Government has successfully balanced economic growth with promoting the welfare of disadvantaged sections.

Modi Government 3.0: Welfare Schemes Impacting India’s Fiscal Deficit?

Persistently large fiscal and revenue deficits threaten the macro-economy by raising interest burdens, crowding out productive expenditures, increasing borrowing costs,…

July 20, 2024 16:50 IST

Fiscal deficit drops to under 5% from 9% levels in the past four years

During 2020-21, the fiscal deficit surged to 9.3% of GDP, reflecting unprecedented spending on health and economic relief measures amidst…

Updated: July 4, 2024 12:54 IST

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