Fiscal Deficit

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  Guns Over Growth? Pak Hikes Defence Budget By 20%, Slashes Overall Spending

  Pakistan, whose overall debt has increased to nearly PKR 76,000 billion (approx USD 270 billion) in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, seems to be prioritising its military spending over development.

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  NDTV Exclusive: India Should Not Do Somersaults To Please Trump Says, Top Economist On Tariffs

  Mr Sachs emphasised that trade deficits occur when a country, in aggregate, spends more than it produces. He lambasted Mr Trumps understanding of the issue, saying, "It is dramatically wrong and oversimplified to the point of being ridiculous."

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  Fiscal Deficit, GDP, Tax Reforms And More: 10 Budget Keywords

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2025 on Saturday. The Budget is a crucial document that contains information about the government's financial policies, expenditure plans, and revenue for the next fiscal y

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  Opinion | Is Delhi Done With AAP?

  Under the AAPs rule, Delhi faced fiscal mismanagement, leading to a deficit for the first time in 31 years. The situation became so dire that the Delhi government recently sought a loan of ₹10,000 crore from the National Small Savings Fund.

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  Country On Track To Achieve 4.5% Fiscal Deficit, Says Finance Minister

  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the government is on track to achieve the target of 4.5 per cent fiscal deficit by 2025-26.

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  "Debt Must Be Reduced Without Affecting Growth": Nirmala Sitharaman On Fiscal Deficit

  For a growing economy to meet its needs and aspirations, borrowing is a must, but the focus of the finance ministry under her is to ensure that debt is reduced without affecting growth, Nirmala Sitharaman has told NDTV.

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  Focus On Vande Bharat, Not On Trains For Poor? What Railway Minister Said

  India struck a balance between greater spending on jobs and rural development as well as transferring more funds to states, while narrowing the fiscal deficit, the 2024-25 budget unveiled on Tuesday showed. It though was silent on the Railways.

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  Fiscal Deficit Estimated At 4.9% Of GDP: Nirmala Sitharaman In Budget Speech

  Presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that the fiscal deficit for the year is estimated at 4.9 per cent of GDP.

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  India's Current Account Turns Surplus After Deficit In Last Quarter: Report

  India has recorded an improvement in its current account, achieving a surplus of $5.7 billion, which equates to 0.6 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, according to a recent report by CRISIL.

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  "It's Possible Due To...": Nirmala Sitharaman On S&P's "Positive" Rating

  After 10 years, S&P Global Ratings upped India's outlook to positive from stable on robust growth prospects for the next 3 years and raised hopes for an upgrade in two years provided the government continues reforms to keep fiscal deficit in check.

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  Exclusive: PM Modi Reveals "Surprise" Element In Election-Year Interim Budget

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an exclusive interview to NDTV explained his model of social welfare schemes, which, while keeping a check on fiscal deficit, can also empower the poor to climb out of poverty.

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  "Sweet Spot, Many Job Opportunities": PM's Shout-Out For Interim Budget

  Praising his government's last Budget ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the capital expenditure will touch a record high of Rs 11,11,111 crore while keeping the fiscal deficit in check, achieving a "sweet spot".

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  Rural Welfare And Infra Push: What To Expect From Pre-Election Budget

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely use India's last budget before the elections to woo voters with new spending measures, while avoiding a fiscal deficit increase.

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  Budget 2024: What To Expect From This Year's Budget

  Ahead of the Union Budget 2024, experts and analysts have come up with different predictions on the government's move on fiscal deficit, taxation and the spending on welfare schemes. As several global financial services firms have predicted

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  Centre's Fiscal Deficit Touches 39% Of Full-Year Target In FY24's 1st Half

  The central government's fiscal deficit touched 39.3 per cent of the full-year target in the first half of the current financial year, slightly higher than 37.3 per cent recorded in the year-ago period.