Pankaj Chaudhary said govt's amendment of the FRBM Act will target a path of fiscal consolidation aimed towards reaching a level of fiscal deficit below 4.5 % of GDP...

At present, India’s sovereign rating is one notch above junk, and any downgrade will increase borrowing costs both for the government and companies...

Amit Mitra talked of taking a collective stance to impress upon Sitharaman that the options communicated by the Centre were untenable...

Bengal spending around Rs 2000 crore a month fighting pandemic, while revenues languish at Rs 1200 crore a month...

Bengal had urged the Centre to raise the fiscal deficit ceiling to 5 per cent...

Mitra had earlier demanded front loading the entire fiscal disbursal in three instalments during April-June...

Modi government should allow states greater access to resources in the battle against the virus...

Subramanian also spoke in favour of creating more opportunities for the private sector...

Govt to sell stake in LIC, experts see loss of opportunity...

The state finance ministers told Sitharaman it was important to maintain growth than fiscal prudence...