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AP’s fiscal deficit is highest in its history
The New Indian Express Tadepalligudem
|December 14, 2025
A sharp fiscal contrast separates 2023-24 and 2024-25 in Andhra Pradesh, two financial years governed by different regimes.
The State's fiscal deficit jumps from ₹62,720 crore (RE) to ₹68,743 crore (BE), the highest borrowing requirement it has ever projected.
Meanwhile, the revenue deficit narrows from ₹38,683 crore to ₹34,743 crore, signalling an effort to tighten routine spending or bank on stronger revenue flows.
Yet, AP remains one of India's most revenue-stressed States, with its deficit still the second-largest, according to the Reserve Bank of India's Handbook of Statistics on State Government Finances.
This story is from the December 14, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tadepalligudem.
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