"The cut and ending of the Revenue Deficit Grant is a direct violation of the constitutional rights of states in a federal structure. Small and mountainous states like Himachal Pradesh can never ...

The budget manages to deliver significant growth stimulus through targeted expenditure. Revenue expenditure growth is ...

MUMBAI: Putting fiscal consolidation onto a slow lane, targeting only a 10 bps reduction from the current year to 4.3% of GDP, finance minister Nirmala Sitharam ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's central government posted a smaller-than-expected primary deficit in May, Treasury data showed on Thursday, supported by strong revenue and a decline in expenditures. The ...

Last year the country ran a budget deficit of 2.92 percent, the largest in two decades outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The survey lauded the government for bringing down both its deficit and debt levels since the pandemic’s disruption.

Here are some of the key numbers to watch out for in Budget 2026.

A very high ratio of fiscal deficit to GDP has several negative implications. For starters, it tends to weaken the rupee and ...