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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicBudget deficit

Topic: Budget deficit

‘Poor fiscal marksmanship’? UP budgets Rs 7.36 lakh crore for FY25, but is spending less than proposed

Yogi Adityanath govt had set aside Rs 7.19 lakh crore for 2023-24, but expects to spend Rs 6.32 lakh crore from total proposed amount by 31 March this year.

How Budget 2022 is largely transparent, but political

Budget deficit target is doable, increased capex is a positive & it takes a realistic, if political, view of disinvestment. But protectionism, rising debts, slashed subsidies are problems.

Modi govt to miss disinvestment target by nearly 50% this year

Receipts from disinvestment are expected to be between Rs 50,000 crore and Rs 60,000 crore against the target of Rs 1.05 lakh crore.

Ex-RBI chief, deputies oppose Modi govt’s proposal for overseas bond sale

An ex-governor and two deputies of the RBI have argued that the time is not ideal for such an issuance because India runs quite a large budget deficit.

IMF’s Gita Gopinath says there’s no free lunch in modern monetary theory

Gita Gopinath is latest big-name economist to weigh in on MMT theory, which is seeking to shift debate on limits to how much countries can spend.

Modi govt turns to RBI for help before elections

RBI may cough up as much as Rs 40 billion to help the Modi government make up some of its revenue shortfall this fiscal.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.