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Telangana Budget 2019: Govt presents Rs 1.82 lakh cr Vote on Account; fiscal deficit will decline to Rs 27,748 cr
Fp Staff •The Telangana government proposed to waive all agriculture term loans up to Rs 1 lakh outstanding as on 11 December, 2018.
April-December fiscal deficit touches 112.4% of FY'19 Budget target on lower revenue collections
•The fiscal deficit stood at Rs 7.01 lakh crore during April-December of the current financial year which ends in March.
Govt breaches full-year fiscal deficit target at Oct-end on lower revenue collections
•The fiscal deficit or gap between expenditure and revenue was Rs 6.48 lakh crore or 103.9 percent of Budget Estimate (BE) during April-October of the current financial year.
Govt finances show improvement in August with fiscal deficit at 94.7 percent of budget estimate
•In actual terms, the fiscal deficit or gap between the total expenditure and receipts was Rs 5.91 lakh crore in the first five months period of 2018-19 financial year
Govt finances show improvement in July on higher revenue collection; fiscal deficit at 86.5% of bugdet estimate
•In actual terms, the fiscal deficit or gap between the total expenditure and receipts was Rs 5.4 lakh crore in the first four months of 2018-19 financial year.
Fiscal deficit shows improvement in June quarter on higher revenue collection, govt data shows
•Government's finances have shown improvement in the June quarter of 2018-19 with fiscal deficit working out to 68.7 percent of the Budget Estimate, mainly on account of higher revenue collection
Budget 2018: India among biggest importers of arms, yet army lacks sufficient ammunition
Indiaspend •Despite being the world's fifth largest importer of weapons, the major worry for the Indian Army during a war would be a shortage of ammunition
Fiscal deficit crosses 96% of FY18 target at October-end owing to lower revenue realisation
•In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit -- the difference between expenditure and revenue -- was Rs 5.25 lakh crore during April-October of 2017-18, according to data of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA).
Fiscal deficit hits 86% of budget estimate in Apr-Nov
•Fiscal deficit, the gap between expenditure and revenue for the entire fiscal, has been pegged at Rs 5.33 lakh crore, or 3.5 percent of GDP, in 2016-17.