CENTRE'S FISCAL DEFICIT NARROWS TO 6.4% OF GDP IN FY23: CGA DATA
The Free Press Journal|June 01, 2023
In Union Budget, government aimed to further bring down fiscal gap during current fiscal 2023-24 to 5.9% of GDP
CENTRE'S FISCAL DEFICIT NARROWS TO 6.4% OF GDP IN FY23: CGA DATA

The Centre's fiscal deficit narrowed to 6.4 per cent of the GDP in 2022-23 from 6.71 per cent in FY22, as anticipated by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget in February this year.

In the Union Budget, the government aimed to further bring down the fiscal deficit -- a key indicator of borrowing -- during the current financial year 2023-24 to 5.9 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

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