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India's Apr-Feb fiscal deficit at Rs 5.07 trillion

Updated: Mar 28, 2013 01:48:27pm
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New Delhi, Mar 28, (KNN) India's fiscal deficit during the April-February period stood at Rs 5.07 trillion, or 97.4 per cent of the budgeted full fiscal year 2012-13 target, government data showed today.

The deficit was 94.6 per cent of the budgetary target over the same period in the previous fiscal year.

Net tax receipts for April-February were Rs 5.7 trillion while total expenditure was Rs 12.2 trillion.

Last month, the government had projected a fiscal deficit at 5.2 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the current fiscal year that ends on March 31. (KNN)

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