GST states quo won't do: Post-GST revenue divide widens across IndiaNew CAG data reveals states are diverging in fiscal health post-GST. Some states are effectively building revenue capacity, while others ar...
06 Apr, 2026, 08.36 AM IST
How states spend: Rising costs, growing deficits, need for efficient spendingOver the past decade, India’s states have seen revenue expenditure outpace revenue growth, widening deficits. Efficient, outcome-based spen...
14 Jan, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
'UP no longer a Bimaru state': CAG report shows it tops revenue surplus list with Rs 37,000 crore, double of GujaratA recent CAG study reveals a mixed bag for state finances in India, with 16 states achieving a revenue surplus in fiscal year 2023, led by ...
22 Sep, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
Revenue growth of states in FY26 expected to be lower than that of FY25: ReportA recent ICICI Bank report forecasts slower revenue growth for Indian states in FY26 compared to FY25, primarily due to weaker non-tax reve...
18 Apr, 2025, 10.12 AM IST
State revenue grows 5% till Nov against 17.4 budgeted for FY24: ReportThe growth rate of the combined revenue receipts of the 16 largest states has fallen by almost 80 per cent to 5 per cent during April-Novem...
28 Jan, 2024, 02.55 PM IST
India and UK discuss future of electric propulsion in naval vesselsOn Tuesday, the British and Indian sides discussed issues of the Electric Propulsion Partnership like finalisation of the Statement of Tech...
22 Nov, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
Kerala going through growth phase; Centre's 'step motherly' treatment hurting state: Finance Min BalagopalKerala's Finance Minister, K N Balagopal, believes that the state is in a growth phase and is poised for development in infrastructure, ind...
29 Sep, 2023, 03.13 PM IST
Punjab to miss fiscal targets by a wide margin due to freebies: India RatingsThe AAP government's freebies push in Punjab will have the state, which already is one of the most fiscally stressed states, missing the fi...
07 Apr, 2023, 09.25 PM IST
Tamil Nadu revenue deficit down by Rs 30,000 crore, says FM Palanivel Thiaga Rajan"In accordance with the mandate of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of achieving zero-revenue deficit, the State will adopt a smooth glide pat...
20 Mar, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
Why political parties need to rethink freebiesIn the Indian context, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already initiated a discourse that challenges the deeply seeded culture of freebies...
04 Oct, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
GST has not boosted states' tax collections: Ind RaFrom June this year, the Centre will stop giving states any compensation for tax collection shortfall. GST compensation for a five-year per...
30 May, 2022, 07.51 PM IST
Ports Ministry issues draft guidelines on floating infra for public consultation"Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has compiled the draft guidelines for technical specifications of floating structures, with a vi...
07 Dec, 2020, 08.08 PM IST
Gross state domestic products to see sharp declines in FY21Among the major states, those likely to be most impacted over the fiscal were Karnataka, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Odisha, whereas ...
29 Jun, 2020, 03.45 PM IST
Tamil Nadu govt presents 2019-20 budget with no new taxesThe government proposed no new taxes but said the revenue deficit was estimated to be around Rs 14,300 crore.
08 Feb, 2019, 11.39 AM IST
Tamil Nadu govt presents revenue deficit budgetTamil Nadu Finance Minister D Jayakumar said that the "continuing sluggishness" of global and domestic economies and demonetisation has aff...
16 Mar, 2017, 03.06 PM IST
Malabar Gold lines up Rs 1000 crore for expansion, mainly overseasIn December, it had 161 stores, which has gone up to 172 now, by the end of March this will touch 185 stores, 86 of them are in the GCC mar...
22 Feb, 2017, 11.27 PM IST
No new taxes proposed in Tamil Nadu's Budget for FY16Among tax sops offered by the government, which Panneerselvam termed as 'critical concessions' to boost the manufacturing sector, were with...
25 Mar, 2015, 12.27 PM IST