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Public debt needs to be cut: FM to Parliament
Mint Mumbai
|December 16, 2025
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament that collective work was needed to reduce debt at the Centre and states.
Replying to the debate on the first supplementary demands for grants in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the minister said the central government’s fiscal deficit, which had increased due to covid-19, has been brought down, but there was concern regarding the debt levels in some states.
This story is from the December 16, 2025 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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