Fiscal deficit touches 112.4% of BE in 10 months of FY19; stands at Rs 7.01 lakh crore

05 Feb 2019 Evaluate

Rising concerns over state of financial position of the country, fiscal deficit or gap between Government's expenditure and revenue exceeded to Rs 7.01 lakh crore during April-December of the current financial year (FY19) and touched 112.4% of the full-year Budget Estimate (BE) of Rs 6.24 lakh crore on the back of lower revenue collections. Besides, at the end of December 2017, the deficit was 113.6% of the BE.

The Controller General of Accounts (CGA) data showed that the revenue receipts of the government totalled Rs 10.84 lakh crore or 62.8% of BE in 2018-19 till December, compared with 66.9% during the same period last year. The government has budgeted revenue mop up of Rs 17.25 lakh crore in FY19. The figure has been revised upwards to over Rs 17.29 lakh crore in the Interim Budget 2019-20.

Besides, tax revenue was 63.2% of BE, compared with 73.4% in the comparable period of the previous year. The total expenditure of the government at December-end was Rs 18.32 lakh crore or 75% of BE. The total expenditure for current fiscal has been raised to Rs 24.57 lakh crore in the Revised Estimates, from the budgeted Rs 24.42 lakh crore.

The government has budgeted to cut the fiscal deficit to 3.3% of GDP or Rs 6.24 lakh crore in 2018-19, from 3.53% in the previous financial year. In the interim budget for 2019-20, the fiscal deficit was revised upwards marginally to 3.4% of GDP or over Rs 6.34 lakh crore, on account of additional outlay of Rs 20,000 crore for funding income scheme for small farmers.

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