India’s fiscal deficit stood at 66.8 per cent of the revised Budget estimates for the existing fiscal, as of finish of January 2021, according to the information by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA). In absolute terms, the distinction involving government’s income and expenditure stood at Rs 12.34 lakh crore. To aspect in the influence of COVID-19 pandemic, the government more than doubled the complete year’s target to Rs 18.48 lakh crore, or 9.5 per cent of estimated GDP, from Rs 7.96 lakh crore earlier. In the corresponding period of the prior year, India’s fiscal deficit stood at 128.5 per cent of Budget estimates.
India’s fiscal deficit hits 66.8% of revised BE at January-finish
During the April 2020 to January 2021, the total receipts stood at Rs 12.83 lakh crore which is 80.1 per cent of the revised Budget target of Rs 16.01 lakh crore, according to CGA information.
- Tax income stood at Rs 11.01 lakh crore, 82 per cent of revised estimates of Rs 13.44 lakh crore.
- Non-tax income was Rs 1.41 lakh crore, 67 per cent of Budget estimates of Rs 2.10 lakh crore.
- Revenue expenditure for the duration of the period was Rs 21.55 lakh crore, 71.6 per cent of the revised estimates of Rs 30.12 lakh crore.
- Capital expenditure came in at Rs 3.62 lakh crore for the period. This was 82.6 per cent of the estimates.
- Total expenditure came in at Rs 25.17 lakh crore 73 per cent of the Rs 34.50 lakh crore revised estimate.
- Revenue deficit was at Rs 9.12 lakh crore and main deficit at Rs 7.14 lakh crore, which have been 62.6 per cent and 61.8 per cent of the revised Budget target.
Fiscal deficit estimated to soar up to 9.5% of GDP in FY21
According to the revised estimates in the Union Budget 2021, the fiscal deficit in the year ending March 31, 2021, is estimated to surge up to 9.5 per cent of the GDP or Rs 18.48 lakh crore, funded via government borrowings, multilateral borrowings, tiny saving funds and quick term borrowings. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the Budget speech, added that an additional Rs 80,000 crore would be required for the duration of February-March 2021. In 2020-21, total expenditure was 13 per cent larger than the spending budget estimate, with income expenditure growing by 15 per cent and capital expenditure by 7 per cent.
BE 2021-22 pegs fiscal deficit at 6.8% of GDP
Revenue deficit is targeted at 5.1 per cent of GDP in 2021-22, which is reduced than the revised estimate of 7.5 per cent in 2020-21 (3.3 per cent in 2019-20).
Fiscal deficit is targeted at 6.8 per cent of GDP or Rs 15.06 lakh crore in 2021-22, down from the revised estimate of 9.5 per cent in 2020-21 (4.6 per cent in 2019-20).
Gross borrowing from the industry for the next year would be about Rs 12 lakh crore. According to the Union Budget 2021, the government aims to steadily lessen the fiscal deficit to 4.5 per cent of GDP by 2025-26. To make sure that the economy is provided the essential push, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the BE2021-22 for expenditure is Rs 34.83 lakh crore. This involves the capital expenditure which is estimated at Rs 5.54 lakh crore (annual enhance of 29 per cent more than 2019-20), and income expenditure of Rs 29.29 lakh crore (annual enhance of 12 per cent more than 2019-20).