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Finance Secy confident of maintaining fiscal deficit target

"We have done our all our calculations, and spent only where it was necessary – social welfare programmes like MNREGA and crop insurance schemes; we are confident of maintaining the fiscal deficit target with these additionalities in expenditure," says Finance Secretary, Ashok Lavasa.

first published: Aug 4, 2016 12:00 pm

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