Fiscal deficit

Islamabad, Jan 22: The improved performance of Pakistan's economy is real enough, "but it appears to be built on shaky foundations", said a leading daily on Friday. An editorial "State Bank’s scepticism" in the Dawn said that the first…

New Delhi, Dec 16: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday the government will achieve its fiscal deficit target without any cuts in this financial year. He made the statement in the Rajya Sabha after several members objected to…

New Delhi, Dec 4: With the economy showing signs of returning to a growth path, the government is not concerned about keeping to fiscal deficit targets, despite the additional expenditure on account of implementing one-rank-one-pension…

New Delhi, Sep 30: India's fiscal deficit for the April-August period of the current fiscal stood at Rs.3.69 lakh crore, thereby reaching 66.5 percent of the full year's target of Rs.5.56 lakh crore, official data showed on Wednesday. The…

The government targets to bring down the fiscal deficit to 4.1 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014-15 and further down to 3 percent in three years. "We plan to bring down the fiscal deficit to 4.1 percent in 2014-15,"…

The Indian government's fiscal deficit has exceeded the budget estimate within the first nine months of the current fiscal, data showed Friday at a time it has recovered ground somewhat by earning over Rs.22,000 crore from disinvestment in…