The Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in its latest data has showed that the government's fiscal deficit or gap between expenditure and revenue touched Rs 5.47 lakh crore in the first four months (April-July) of the financial year 2019-20 (FY20), which is 77.8% of the Budget Estimate (BE). In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit was Rs 5,47,605 crore at July-end. The fiscal deficit stood at 86.5% of 2018-19 BE in the year-ago period. The government estimates the fiscal deficit to be at Rs 7.03 lakh crore during 2019-20. It aims to restrict the deficit at 3.4% of the Gross Domestic Product in the current fiscal, same as the last fiscal.
The data showed that revenue receipts of the government during April-July, 2019-20 remained unchanged at 19.5% of the BE compared to the corresponding period last year. In absolute terms, revenue receipts stood at Rs 3.82 lakh crore at July-end 2019. During the entire year, the revenue receipts has been pegged at Rs 19.62 lakh crore.
On the expenditure front, the capital expenditure was 31.8% of the BE. This compares with 37.1% in the year-ago period. Total expenditure during April-July period stood at Rs 9.47 lakh crore or 34% of the BE. It was 36.4% of BE in the corresponding period last fiscal. The government has pegged its total expenditure during the fiscal ending March 2020 at Rs 27.86 lakh crore. The CGA further said the fiscal deficit figure in monthly accounts during a financial year is not necessarily an indicator of fiscal deficit for the year.
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