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  • Budget to focus on fiscal consolidation; cap fiscal gap at 5.9% : Report

    Budget to focus on fiscal consolidation; cap fiscal gap at 5.9% : Report

    The previous budget had pencilled in a fiscal deficit -- the money the government will have to borrow from the market to meet its expenditure -- of 6.4 per cent.

  • COVID-19 impact | Government looking to raise Rs 10,000 crore via tax-free bonds: Report

    COVID-19 impact | Government looking to raise Rs 10,000 crore via tax-free bonds: Report

    The Ministry of Finance is looking to raise money in multiple instalments and is reportedly in talks with bankers.

  • Editor's Take | Economic Survey Highlights

    Editor's Take | Economic Survey Highlights

    Moneycontrol's Sakshi Batra talks to Gaurav Choudhury to understand the growth and fiscal targets highlighted in the survey and the economic challenges.

  • Privatization a better bet than divestment: Kotak Sec

    Privatization a better bet than divestment: Kotak Sec

    According to a Kotak report titled ‘Strategy: Divestment versus privatization‘, it may not be the best idea. “We believe it is important for the government‘s divestment imperative to include a longer-term plan to improve the performance of public sector entities,” it said.

  • FY14 fiscal deficit expected to be lower than 4.8% target

    FY14 fiscal deficit expected to be lower than 4.8% target

    Government believes that fiscal gap for FY14 is likely to come in at 4.65 percent, lower than the projected 4.8 percent of the GDP.

  • Fiscal situation likely to be better in 2012: SBI Head

    Fiscal situation likely to be better in 2012: SBI Head

    While every macro economic parameter is looking difficult, perhaps the most important one will be growth. CNBC-TV18 catches up with the chairman of the country's biggest bank, Pratip Chaudhury of SBI to get a sense of where the economy is headed in 2012.

  • India surprises with higher borrowing; yields surge

    India surprises with higher borrowing; yields surge

    India increased its bond sale target for the financial year to make up for a shortfall in a government scheme for small savers, spooking investors already girding for extra borrowing to fill an anticipated fiscal gap.

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