India meets fiscal deficit target of 3.4 per cent via spending cuts: source
9 April 2019 3:11 PM IST
The government missed the tax collections target by over 1 trillion rupees.
The rupee opened weak at 70.22 at the interbank forex market and then fell further to 70.32, down 29 paise over its last close.
New Delhi: India has met the fiscal deficit target of 3.4 per cent of gross domestic product in 2018-19 fiscal year ended March 31, by cuts in state spending and higher borrowings from small savings funds, a government source told reporters on Tuesday.
The government missed the tax collections target by over 1 trillion rupees (USD a14.41 billion), including about 500 billion rupees shortfall in income tax receipts, said the source, who requested anonymity.
The official declined to share further details about expenditure cuts in the fund allocations to different ministries.
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