Centre pegs FY27 fiscal deficit at 4.3% of GDP

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman set the fiscal deficit target for the financial year 2026-27 at 4.3 percent of the GDP ...

Economic Survey: State cash transfers threaten public investment and sovereign borrowing costs

In the post-Survey press-conference, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran, said that the unconditional fiscal ...
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Tariffs, deficits, and the Supreme Court test

*The SCOTUS ruling on IEEPA tariffs could reshape the deficit outlook, potentially requiring refunds and affecting interest rates. *Lower interest rates could ease fiscal strain, but sustained ...
Deccan Chronicle

Cash Transfers Widening Fiscal Deficits Of State Governments

Unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) have expanded rapidly across several States and now form a growing share of state-level ...

Eco survey raises concern of States fiscal situation, revenue surplus states decline from 19 in FY19 to 11 in FY25

However, the momentum in revenue collection appears to be moderating in the current fiscal year. As per the Economic Survey, during the first eight months of the ongoing financial year (as on ...