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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicOff-budget borrowings

Topic: off-budget borrowings

Small savings fund, off-budget borrowings rescue Modi govt again on fiscal deficit

The fiscal deficit for 2019-20 and 2020-21 would have been higher at 4.6% and 4.4% respectively if the govt had not shifted its liabilities out of the budget.

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.

How borrowings outside the budget hide the real deficit numbers

A fine print reading of 2019 budget shows off-budget borrowings are on the rise. ThePrint takes a look at what that means.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.