India's fiscal deficit widens in H1 of FY19 to 95.3 per cent
The fiscal deficit of the Central government has widened in the first half of 2018-19 to 95.3 per cent of the Budget Estimate (BE), mainly on account of slow growth in revenue collections, as per an official data released Thursday.
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The CGA data showed that total expenditure during April-September 2018 was Rs 13.04 lakh crore or 53.4 per cent of BE. Image courtesy: Reuters