As per latest annual Fiscal Monitor report, India with its favorable interest rate-growth differential has an advantage in addressing deficit concerns this year. Many advanced economies have succeeded in reducing deficits by about 0.75 percent of GDP last year both in headline and in cyclically-adjusted terms, and are projected to fall at a faster pace in 2013.
India has taken definitive steps such as cutting down on spendings and setting up committee for reducing the deficit which will probably reduce the deficit by 0.75% of GDP on line with the forecasts. This would leave the country's deficit almost unchanged from its 2012 level in headline and cyclically adjusted terms. The IMF report attributed much of the improved picture globally to concerted efforts by governments to bring spending under control following the peak of the crisis in 2009, as well as a gradually improving external environment.
Many countries have also taken important first steps to bring overall debt down to levels needed to ensure strong and vibrant economies. According to the report, the overall debt situation in most emerging market economies and low-income countries remains more favorable than in advanced economies, owing in part to relatively low levels of debt and deficits combined with low interest rates and growing economies.
Recently, Reserve Bank of India has taken important steps to tighten bank reporting requirements to get a more accurate picture of asset quality.
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