India's fiscal deficit widens in H1 of FY19 to 95.3 per cent
The fiscal deficit of the Central government has widened in the first half of 2018-19 to 95.3 per cent of the Budget Estimate (BE), mainly on account of slow growth in revenue collections, as per an official data released Thursday.
The CGA data showed that total expenditure during April-September 2018 was Rs 13.04 lakh crore or 53.4 per cent of BE. Image courtesy: Reuters