India’s Fiscal Deficit Narrows in Apr–Feb in World Economy News 31/03/2026 India’s fiscal deficit narrowed to INR 12.5 trillion in April–February 2025–26, down from INR 13.5 trillion a year earlier, reaching 80.4% of the full-year target, an improvement from 85.8% in the same period last year. Total receipts surged 9.6% year-on-year to INR 27.9 trillion (82.0% of the annual goal), with net tax revenues climbing to INR 21.5 trillion (vs. INR 20.2 trillion). Total expenditure rose 3.9% to INR 40.4 trillion (81.5% of the target), while capital spending, primarily on infrastructure, jumped to INR 9.3 trillion (84.8% of the annual plan, up from INR 8.1 trillion). The government aims to cut the fiscal deficit to 4.4% of GDP (INR 15.7 trillion) in FY2025–26, down from 4.8% in FY2024–25. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-31 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share