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Fiscal deficit touches 52% of BE for full year in April-May of 2019-20

01 Jul 2019 Evaluate

The Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in its latest data has showed that the government's fiscal deficit, or the gap between the government's expenditure and revenue, touched 52% of the Budget Estimate (BE) for the full year in the first two months (April-May) of 2019-20. In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit was Rs 3,66,157 crore, while it was 55.3% of 2018-19 budget estimate in the year-ago period.

The data showed that revenue receipts of the government during April-May, 2019-20 was 7.3% of the BE. In the year-ago period also, the revenue receipts were at similar level. However, the capital expenditure was only 14.2% of the BE as compared to 21.3% in the year-ago period. Total expenditure during April-May period stood at Rs 5.12 lakh crore or 18.4% of BE. It was 19.4% of BE in the corresponding period of the last fiscal.

In the Interim Budget passed in February, the government had estimated the fiscal deficit at Rs 7.03 lakh crore for 2019-20. The government aims to restrict the fiscal deficit at 3.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the current fiscal, same as the last financial year.

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