Fiscal Discipline

The share of interest payments to GDP was 3.6 percent, while the share of the capex outlay was 3.2 percent in FY24, according to a Crisil report, on rising interest expenses.

How credible are the Interim Budget 2024 numbers?

The assumptions made in the fiscal maths are credible and the bid to cut revenue expenditure is welcome

A dream budget for economists, thanks to its fiscal discipline

The nation’s smarter recovery from the pandemic but also by the improved sense of ‘political stability' has paved the way for a relatively aggressive fiscal consolidation. Very rarely one has seen an interim budget devoid of populist measures in an election year

Expect 10-15% returns in 2016, downside limited: Kotak's Prasad

Valuations are beginning to look reasonable and downside from current levels is limited, Sanjeev Prasad of Kotak Institutional Equities tells CNBC-TV18.

Government fiscal prudence supports credit ratings: Fitch

Colquhoun added the ratings agency will assess the next government's policy strategies will be important to determine the country's future sovereign ratings.

Budget 2013: Mkt eyes on fiscal discipline, reform roadmap: Syntel

Nitin Rakesh, president, Americas - Syntel Inc says that the market is expecting measures to ensure fiscal discipline and the provision of a reform roadmap in the Budget.

Fiscal Deficit: Three-point agenda to counter inflation by CRISIL Research

CRISIL Research, India’s largest integrated and independent research house, identifies fiscal discipline, productivity improvement and petroleum pricing reforms as the three key steps to pull the Indian economy out of the high-inflation trap.

India moving towards fiscal consolidation: Pranab

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee indicated that Indian government will return to fiscal discipline in the coming Budget, after following policies of stimulus and expansion in the last two years.

Japan vows to push fiscal reform after S&P downgrade

Japanese leaders vowed on Friday to push ahead with tax reforms needed to rein in bulging public debt, but doubts persisted over whether the government could succeed in the face of a divided parliament.