Fiscal deficit widens to 18.2% of FY27 target by June as spending picks up
- Source
- Livemint - Economy
- Source link
- https://www.livemint.com/economy/india-fiscal-deficit-june-fy27-cga-data-capital-expenditure-rbi-dividend-11785465775919.html
- Published
- 2026-07-31 14:01:46
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-07-31 14:04:59
- Category
- Regulation, Tariffs, Sanctions & Trade
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
The deficit, which nearly doubled from 9.6% at the end of May, reflected higher government spending towards the end of the quarter even as revenue collections remained broadly on track.
Possibly the same underlying story as
India's Q1 FY27 fiscal deficit widens to Rs 3.1 lakh crore from Rs 2.8 lakh crore a year ago; at 18.2% of full-year target
— flagged automatically for review, never merged automatically.
Procurement Relevance Gate
FAIL
— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-07-31 14:04:59
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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