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.
The Ministry of Finance is looking to raise money in multiple instalments and is reportedly in talks with bankers.
Moneycontrol's Sakshi Batra talks to Gaurav Choudhury to understand the growth and fiscal targets highlighted in the survey and the economic challenges.
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.
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.
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 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.