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Fiscal deficit touches 78.7% of BE in April-August period of FY20

01 Oct 2019 Evaluate

The Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in its latest data has showed that India’s fiscal deficit touched Rs 5.54 lakh crore in the first five months (April-August) of the current financial year 2019-20 (FY20), which was 78.7% of the Budget Estimate (BE) for 2019-20. It was at 86.5% of the 2018-19 BE in corresponding month a year ago. In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit or the gap between expenditure and revenue was Rs 5,53,840 crore as on August 31. Besides, the government has pegged the fiscal deficit for FY20 at Rs 7.03 lakh crore, while aiming to restrict the deficit at 3.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP).

According to the CGA data, revenue receipts of the government during the April-August 2019 period rose to 30.7% of the BE compared to 26.9% in the corresponding period last year. In absolute terms, revenue receipts stood at Rs 6.03 lakh crore at the end of August. For the entire 2019-20, the revenue receipts has been pegged at Rs 19.62 lakh crore.

The capital expenditure was 40.3% of the BE as compares with 44.1% in the year-ago period. Total expenditure during the April-August period stood at Rs 11.75 lakh crore or 42.2% of the BE, it was 43.8% of BE in the corresponding period of the previous financial year. The government has pegged its total expenditure for the financial year 2019-20 at Rs 27.86 lakh crore.

However, the government has let go of its revenues to the tune of Rs 1.45 lakh crore by announcing cuts in corporate tax, aimed at boosting the faltering economy. Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty has said the government maintains the fiscal glide path with the borrowing target of Rs 2.68 lakh crore for the second half of this financial year.

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