India's Comptroller and Auditor General, K Sanjay Murthy, urged state governments to fully disclose their off-budget borrowings. He highlig...

Kerala's budgetary practices are facing intense analysis. A recent white paper discloses staggering liabilities amounting to ₹5.07 lakh cro...

Kerala faces a severe fiscal challenge. Total outstanding liabilities have surpassed Rs 5.07 lakh crore. Unpaid dues and deferred payments ...

West Bengal's new government, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, aims to reverse the state's decline and position it among the top sta...

The SASCI scheme has boosted state capital spending to 2.7% of GDP. However, utilization of central loans for capital expenditure is uneven...

West Bengal is heading into a high-stakes Assembly election scheduled in two phases on April 23 and April 29 across all 294 seats, with cou...

Kerala's economy grew by 6.19 percent in 2024-25. Per-person income also increased, surpassing the national average. However, public debt s...

Economists are sounding alarms over the escalating fiscal burden of cash handouts and subsidies, with many states facing unsustainable debt...

States' debt in India is expected to reach ₹94.4 lakh crore by March 2025, comprising 32.7% of GSDP, and to further climb to ₹103.6 lakh cr...

Gujarat is lauded for its top-notch fiscal management, significantly reducing its debt-to-GSDP ratio by 4.5% in the past decade under CM Bh...

Four states have managed to reduce their debt-to-GSDP ratio, while others like Punjab and Tamil Nadu have seen sharp increases, potentially...

A report by the think tank 'Centre for Social and Economic Progress' highlights India's problem of off-budget borrowings at both the Union ...

While Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra top the chart with liabilities of Rs 6,62,891 crore and Rs 5,36,891 crore respectively, Punjab gets the...

In line with higher-than-budgeted deficit ratios, the state's debt-to-GSDP ratio has jumped to 20.2 per cent in 2020-21, up from 16 per cen...

The consolidated fiscal deficit of the Centre and states is thus likely to be around 12.7 per cent of GDP, assuming that the Centre’s fisca...

Despite Punjab trying "hard" to bring fiscal discipline, its fiscal health when compared with Haryana, the neighbouring state is performing...

Operationalising the second stimulus package to boost the economy, the government today relaxed the debt relief guidelines allowing states ...