Fiscal deficit, which is difference between expenditure and revenue, was Rs 9.78 lakh crore during April-November period of 2022-23...

In corresponding period last year, the deficit was 46.2 per cent of the budget estimates of 2021-22...

The previous low in termsof growth was a contraction of3.3 per cent February 2021...

The sources did not say which sectors were likely to be affected by expenditure cut...

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had suggested setting up a specialised body to examine 'irrational freebies' offered to voters during elections...

According to the monthly account up to June 2022 released by CGA, the receipts stood at Rs 5,96,040 crore...

Data show tax and non-tax revenue have been higher last fiscal, while capital expenditure has been lower...

The bank faces an uphill task in containing the current inflation, triggered by lingering pandemic and a nagging war...

The planned 6.4 per cent of GDP FY23 deficit is also higher than our previous 6.1 per cent forecast: Jeremy Zook...

The deficit figures in the current financial year till Nov appear much better than the previous financial year...