MUMBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - India's federal government
will target a budget deficit of 5.9% of GDP for 2023/24, Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech.
The fiscal deficit for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023
was at 6.4%, according to the revised estimates. A Reuters Poll
had pegged the budget gap at 6% of GDP. The government's budget gap, which hit a high of 9.5% of GDP
in 2020/21 as the spread of COVID-19 infections brought the
economy to a halt, has narrowed since but remains well above the
medium-term goal of 4.5% of GDP by 2025/26.
The gross market borrowing is estimated at 15.43 trillion
rupees ($189 billion), while net borrowing is seen at 11.8
trillion rupees.
For the year, the government is targeting an 11.4% growth in
net tax revenue to 23.3 trillion rupees.
Expenditure is seen rising 7.4% over a year ago to 45
trillion rupees, with longer term capital spending budgeted to
rise 33% to 10 trillion rupees. ($1 = 81.8100 Indian rupees)
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(Reporting by Ira Dugal; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
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