How Arvind Kejriwal cut Delhi fiscal deficit by this whopping amount, but there is a big catch
The government expects to collect Rs 42,000 crore from tax while from non-tax revenue, it has proposed to get Rs 5,557 crore, as against Rs 3,647 crore in the revised budget estimate in the current fiscal.
The Delhi government today said that its fiscal deficit dropped to about one-third of the original estimate for the current fiscal after it carried forward Rs 1,969 crore of budgetary shortfall to 2018-19. This helped the state government limit the fiscal deficit (difference between expenditure and revenue) to Rs 887 crore in this fiscal ending March 31 from the budget estimate of Rs 2,856 crore.
But for the next year, Finance Minister Manish Sisodia projected that the fiscal deficit will balloon to Rs 2,924 crore. The debt-GSDP ratio reduced from 6.57 per cent in 2014-15 to 5.03 per cent in 2017-18, which is the lowest among the states and indicates our better fiscal management.
According to the 2018-19 Budget presented by Sisodia in the Delhi Assembly, the revenue receipt of the government is expected to reach at Rs 47,557 crore in the next financial year, as against Rs 40,247 crore in the revised budget estimate in this fiscal.
The government expects to collect Rs 42,000 crore from tax while from non-tax revenue, it has proposed to get Rs 5,557 crore, as against Rs 3,647 crore in the revised budget estimate in the current fiscal.
Laying emphasis on the environment, health and education sectors, the AAP government presented a Rs 53,000 crore Budget for the 2018-19 fiscal.
It also made several announcements, including a major thrust on "green" initiatives for pollution reduction and launching a 'health insurance for all' scheme.
The government also announced installation of CCTV cameras in schools, providing self-defence training for girl students, allocating Rs 100 crore for free Wi-Fi, which was a major pre-poll promise by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and installation of 1.2 lakh CCTV cameras in the city by June next year.
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