Government seeks to shore up 1.05 trillion rupees (USD 15.30 billion) through stake sales in the current fiscal year.
08 Jul 2019 12:21 PM
In Budget presented on Friday, government lowered the fiscal deficit target to 3.3 pc of the GDP for 2019-20.
07 Jul 2019 6:00 PM
In the fourth quarter of the fiscal year to last March 31, economic growth slumped to 5.8 per cent, the slowest pace in 20 quarters.
06 Jul 2019 12:24 PM
The fiscal deficit this year is 3.3 per cent brought down from 3.4 per cent.
05 Jul 2019 2:12 PM
India continues to remain the fastest-growing major economy in the world in 2018-19.
04 Jul 2019 1:30 PM
The growth projection is higher than a five-year low economic growth of 6.8 per cent for the year ended March 31.
04 Jul 2019 11:47 AM
Govt might this year again slip on fiscal deficit front given sluggish GST collections and lower-than-expected growth in direct taxes.
04 Jul 2019 9:31 AM
Govt will revise its fiscal deficit target up to 3.5 per cent of GDP for the current fiscal year and 3.3 per cent for 2020-21.
03 Jul 2019 1:53 PM
Fiscal deficit target to as much as 3.6 per cent of GDP from an already upwardly revised target of 3.4 per cent.
21 Jun 2019 11:39 AM
GDP growth during 2018-19 fiscal stood at 6.8 per cent, lower than 7.2 per cent in the previous financial year.
31 May 2019 6:00 PM
Fiscal deficit at the end of March 31, 2019, stood at Rs 6.45 lakh crore as against Rs 6.34 lakh crore.
31 May 2019 5:52 PM
In FY19, states' budgeted borrowing from the market stood at Rs 4,40,700 crore.
25 May 2019 1:28 PM
The two finance ministry officials said the government expects at least another 50 bps cut by August.
15 May 2019 3:38 PM
The shortfall in direct tax mop-up coupled with lower GST realisation may have implications on fiscal deficit.
09 Apr 2019 5:54 PM
The government missed the tax collections target by over 1 trillion rupees.
09 Apr 2019 3:11 PM
The government at many occasions had indicated that there might be some shortfall on indirect taxes collection.
04 Apr 2019 7:42 PM
Economic Affairs Secy Subhash Chandra Garg said government will stick to fiscal deficit target of 3.4 pc of GDP for current fiscal.
29 Mar 2019 7:23 PM
As per interim Budget 2019-20, the government has pegged fiscal deficit target of 3.4 pc for current fiscal year ending March 31.
08 Mar 2019 7:14 PM
The meeting, according to sources, will take a call on the interim dividend to be paid to the government during the current fiscal.
17 Feb 2019 1:30 PM
Payment of surplus or interim dividend to the government is a part of the RBI Act, says RBI Governor.
07 Feb 2019 4:45 PM