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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  India’s fiscal deficit breaches 2016/17 target in January
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India’s fiscal deficit breaches 2016/17 target in January

India's fiscal deficit in the first 10 months to January was Rs5.64 trillion ($84.56 billion) or 105.7% of the budgeted target for the fiscal year ending in March 2017

Net tax receipts in the first 10 months of 2016/17 fiscal year were Rs8.16 trillion, the data showed. Photo: Hemant Mishra/MintPremium
Net tax receipts in the first 10 months of 2016/17 fiscal year were Rs8.16 trillion, the data showed. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

New Delhi: India’s fiscal deficit in the first 10 months to January was Rs5.64 trillion ($84.56 billion) or 105.7% of the budgeted target for the fiscal year ending in March 2017, government data showed on Tuesday.

The fiscal deficit was 95.8% of the full-year target during the same period a year ago.

Net tax receipts in the first 10 months of 2016/17 fiscal year were Rs8.16 trillion, the data showed.

The government’s tax receipts usually rise in the last two months of the fiscal year than its spending, thereby helping it meet the budgeted full-year fiscal deficit target.

The federal government reiterated earlier this month that it would meet the 2016/17 fiscal deficit target of 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP), and had also set the next fiscal year’s target at 3.2% of GDP. Reuters

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Published: 28 Feb 2017, 05:06 PM IST
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