Page 2 - Latest Updates on Fiscal Deficit
LIVE: This Budget brings more infra, more growth and more jobs, says PM
Budget 2022 LIVE updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the annual Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament today. Follow Business Standard for Budget highlights
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Economic Survey: India on track to meet FY22 fiscal deficit target
India will comfortably meet its fiscal deficit FY22 target on the back of a strong rebound in revenues, said the Economic Survey 2021-22
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Economic Survey 2022 Highlights: Geopolitical risks bubbling up, says PEA
Economic Survey 2022 Highlights: India's FY22 GDP growth is seen at 9.2 per cent and GDP growth for 2023 is projected at 8 per cent to 8.5 per cent, according to reports
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Budget 2022 LIVE: Govt to take balanced view on cryptocurrency, says Sanyal
The issue of cryptocurrency has not been covered in the Economic Survey 2021-22, Principal Economic Adviser said in an interaction with media
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Budget 2022 likely to boost spending with near-record debt, hold tax rates
Finance Minister will probably increase the budget by about 14% year-on-year to Rs 39.6 trillion in the fiscal year beginning April.
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Budget should maximise capex, set stage for MPC to control inflation
Budget 2022: ICRA expects a satus quo on the stance of the monetary policy as well as the reverse repo rate in the upcoming meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee.
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What is Fiscal Deficit?
Equity markets will have a reason to cheer if the government reins in its fiscal deficit target at 6.25% of gross domestic product, a recent survey claimed. Find out how the government manages it
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TMS Ep90: Two-wheelers, informal sector, markets, Fiscal Deficit
What has derailed India's two-wheeler growth story? What does the informal sector want from Budget? What will drive index heavyweight RIL's Q3 earnings? What is Fiscal Deficit? All answers here
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LIVE: Delhi govt fixes maximum price for RT-PCR tests in pvt labs at Rs 300
Rapid antigen test to detect Covid to be done at Rs 100, says govt
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Eye on fiscal deficit: Govt tells ministries to keep expenses in check
Departments to seek additional funds only for unavoidable expenditure
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Budget 2022-23: BJP representatives seek revival of worst-hit sectors
They put forward their views for the development of their respective regions
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Indonesia expects 2022 fiscal deficit to shrink to 4.3% of GDP: Report
A smaller fiscal deficit means the government could reduce its bond issuance target for 2022
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Japan to keep FY2025 target for balancing budget in review: Report
The government would bring forward by one year a medium-term forecast of achieving a surplus, to fiscal 2026.
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General govt fiscal deficit estimated at 10.4% in FY2022: Report
Rating agency ICRA said it expects a miss in disinvestment target to cause the government's fiscal deficit to print at Rs 16.6 trn or 7.1% of the GDP in FY2022, overshooting the budgeted target.
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Top headlines: Quarantine for flyers from abroad, CCI probe against Google
India climb up the ladder of emerging tech patents, shows data. More in today's top headlines
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Govt may rein in fiscal deficit at 6.8% of GDP: First advance estimates
The government was given this lever after the first Advance Estimates pegged GDP at current prices at Rs 232.15 trillion
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India likely to trim fiscal deficit target as Omicron cases rise: Report
FM Sitharaman is due to unveil the FY23 budget on Feb. 1 and officials said the thinking was that sharp cuts in government expenditure could hurt growth prospects
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Govt cuts capital expenditure by 41% in Oct, Nov despite FM nudge
May impact growth in Q3 but capex by select states likely to come to some aid
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India's current account slips into deficit again in September quarter
Wider merchandise trade deficits pulled India's Q2FY22 current account into the negative territory, official data showed on Friday.
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Third Covid wave jitters: Core sector growth slows to 9-month low in Nov
Centre's fiscal deficit touches 46.2% of annual target till November-end
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