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What is Fiscal Deficit

Fiscal Deficit

What is Fiscal Deficit
What is Fiscal Deficit
A country’s fiscal balance is measured by its government’s revenue vis-a-vis its expenditure in a given financial year. Fiscal deficit, the condition when the expenditure of the government exceeds its revenue in a year, is the difference between the two. Fiscal deficit is calculated both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).
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4 min read Last Updated : Sep 4 2023 | 9:12 AM IST
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2 min read Last Updated : Aug 31 2023 | 5:06 PM IST
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1 min read Last Updated : Jul 31 2023 | 4:54 PM IST
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3 min read Last Updated : Jun 30 2023 | 7:54 PM IST
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3 min read Last Updated : Jun 30 2023 | 4:41 PM IST
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3 min read Last Updated : Jun 28 2023 | 8:56 PM IST
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3 min read Last Updated : Jun 15 2023 | 6:04 PM IST
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Fiscal deficit comes marginally lower than 6.36% of FY23 target: Govt data

3 min read Last Updated : May 31 2023 | 10:11 PM IST
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2 min read Last Updated : May 31 2023 | 4:26 PM IST
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2 min read Last Updated : May 30 2023 | 6:06 PM IST
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PM Modi urges states to maintain fiscal discipline, take prudent decisions

4 min read Last Updated : May 27 2023 | 9:45 PM IST
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4 min read Last Updated : May 19 2023 | 2:18 PM IST
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2 min read Last Updated : Mar 31 2023 | 11:33 PM IST
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Fiscal deficit touches 82.8% of full-year target in February: Govt data

2 min read Last Updated : Mar 31 2023 | 6:53 PM IST
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3 min read Last Updated : Mar 13 2023 | 10:33 PM IST
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1 min read Last Updated : Mar 5 2023 | 5:11 PM IST
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2 min read Last Updated : Mar 6 2023 | 3:11 PM IST
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