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Fiscal deficit hits 132% of Budget Estimate for 2019-2020 at Rs 9.32 lakh crore till December end
•The government's fiscal deficit touched 132.4 percent of the full-year target at December-end mainly due to slower pace of revenue collections, official data showed on Friday
Fiscal deficit hits 115% of Budget Estimate for 2019-20 at Rs 8.07 lakh cr till November-end
•The country's fiscal deficit hit 114.8 percent of 2019-20 Budget Estimate at Rs 8.07 lakh crore at the end of November, official data showed on Tuesday
Fiscal deficit hits 102% of Budget Estimate for 2019-20 at Rs 7.2 lakh crore till October-end
•The country's fiscal deficit hit 102.4 percent of 2019-20 Budget Estimate at Rs 7.2 lakh crore at the end of October, government data showed on Friday
Fiscal deficit hits 93% of budget estimate at Rs 6.52 lakh crore till September-end
•India's fiscal deficit reached nearly 93 percent of the budget estimate at Rs 6.52 lakh crore at the end of September in the current financial year, government data showed on Thursday
Fiscal deficit reaches over 78% of Budget Estimate for 2019-20 at Rs 5.54 lakh cr till August-end
•The country's fiscal deficit touched Rs 5.54 lakh crore at the end of August, which was 78.7 percent of the Budget Estimate for 2019-20, official data showed on Monday
Fiscal deficit touches Rs 5.47 lakh cr at July-end; reaches 77.8% of budget estimate for 2019-20
•The government's fiscal deficit touched Rs 5.47 lakh crore in the June quarter, which is 77.8 percent of the budget estimate for 2019-20
Fiscal deficit touches Rs 4.32 lakh crore in Q1; reaches 61.4% of budget estimate for 2019-20
•The government's fiscal deficit touched Rs 4.32 lakh crore for the June quarter, which is 61.4 percent of the budget estimate for 2019-20 fiscal
Suicides by students highlight need to reach out to young people, deal with inadequacies in mental health infrastructure
Fp Staff •While students who performed well academically have been the subject of much adulation, less attention was given to the ones who fell short.
Govt expenditure should be within means, or else Greece-like crises can happen: Arun Jaitley
Fp Archives •The ideal route for governments is to earn more and spend less, said the FM
Finance Commission got it right: GDP grows better when state govts spend more
Vivek •There is a clear case of decentralisation of government expenditure