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Budget Snapshot: Fiscal deficit track record got better in current decade

Fiscal deficit for FY26 is expected to be lower than the current year

January 03, 2025 / 08:40 IST
Budget Snapshot: Fiscal deficit track record got better in current decade

Will the government reduce fiscal deficit further?

India’s central government has had a lot of misses and a few hits when it comes to meeting its budgeted fiscal deficit. Past governments have bent rules, indulged in questionable accounting to arrive at palatable deficits. To be fair, two big crises, the global financial crisis of 2008 and the covid-19 pandemic of 2020 have been the primary reason in the destruction of fiscal consolidation efforts.

(image) The government has been successful in

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