India's fiscal deficit for April-October was 7.5 trillion rupees ($88.79 billion), or 46.5% of the estimate for the year ending March 2025, government data showed on Friday.

In October 2024, the Centre’s capex fell by about 8% on-year, underscoring the struggle to accelerate the pace due to delays caused on account of general elections in Q1 and extended rains in Q2.

The government had projected in the Union Budget to reduce the fiscal deficit to 4.9 percent of GDP in the current 2024-25 financial year, compared to 5.6 percent of GDP in 2023-24. In absolute terms,

India's fiscal deficit widened to 46.5 percent of FY25 at Rs 7.51 lakh crore, which was higher than the previous year’s 45 percent for a similar period. While the country's eight

Indias fiscal deficit for the first seven months of the 2024-25 financial year reached 46.5% of the full-year target, according to data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) on Friday.

Capex spending remained muted, with the government spending 42 percent of the fiscal year budget of Rs 11.11 lakh crore

The Centre's fiscal deficit at the end of the first seven months of the financial year 2024-25 touched 46.5 per cent of the full-year target, government data showed on Friday. In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit -- the gap between the government's expenditure and revenue -- was at Rs 7,

India's fiscal deficit at the end of the first seven months of the current financial year 2024-25 (FY25) came in at ₹7.51 lakh crore and widened to 46.5 per cent of the full-year target, government data showed on Friday,