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₹1 trn stabilisation fund to give fiscal headroom: FM
Business Standard
|March 14, 2026
The ₹1-trillion Economic Stabilisation Fund will provide fiscal headroom to India to respond to global headwinds, such as the recent war in West Asia.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the second part of the Budget session on Friday
(PHOTO: PTI)
It would also provide support during unanticipated supply chain disruptions and shocks to sub-sectors in the economy without deviating from the fiscal consolidation roadmap, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha on Friday.Replying to a discussion of the second supplementary demand for grants, the finance minister said the fund is proposed to be met partly through existing appropriation and additional allocation.
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