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TopicFiscal deficit

Topic: fiscal deficit

Modi won’t win in 2024, unless these nine economic follies are reversed

In 2024 Lok Sabha election, it will be good economics that will deliver PM Modi a good political outcome. He needs advisers he will listen to.

CAG indicates real fiscal deficit for FY19, FY20 could be 1.5-2% points above govt estimate

The real fiscal deficit number will change if the off-budget borrowings made by govt and flagged by CAG are taken into account.

Borrowing abroad is bold, but India first needs to produce data that lenders can trust

Cost of borrowing will go up if foreign lenders mistrust India’s budget estimates, off-budget borrowing or fear payment could be delayed to achieve annual targets.

If it moves, tax it. That’s desperate, India

India is losing the fiscal plot with bureaucrats trying to marshal resources by squeezing taxpayers, foreign investors, firms planning buybacks and even the RBI.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s formula for growth — more investment, infra push, help for NBFCs

Looking to make India a $5-trillion economy by 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pushed for growth without sacrificing welfare schemes.

Nirmala Sitharaman defies expectations, lowers fiscal deficit target to 3.3%

Nirmala Sitharaman announces a series of steps to raise tax revenues, including a surcharge on the super rich and a hike in excise duty and cess on fuel.

What is revenue deficit, fiscal expansion? Here’s a budget dictionary to crack the jargon

The Budget is upon us and so are terms such as revenue deficit, fiscal expansion & Public Sector Borrowing Requirement. Here's a dictionary to unscramble them.

Budget 2019: India has a law to cap fiscal deficit but UPA and NDA couldn’t care less

No matter what the specific deficits caps, debt limits or escape clauses are, a stronger rule of law in fiscal policy is in public interest.

Bond bulls get cold feet over fiscal discipline worries ahead of Modi govt budget

Bond traders have already shown signs they can be nervous about India’s financial health as economic growth & tax collections worsen.

Former CEA lowers GDP to 4.5% in 2011-12 to 2016-17 period & Vivek Katju on Pakistan

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

On Camera

India’s $44 billion space dream rests on getting SATCOM right

The Satellite Communication vertical is expected to contribute approximately $14.9 billion by 2033, with $12.7 billion projected from the domestic market and $2.2 billion from exports.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.