Holding a stock is not an act of blind faith. It is not refusing to change one’s mind. It is not averaging down because the stock has falle...

Facing fiscal challenges, the government can leverage Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) t...

Indian villages are achieving financial independence. Gram panchayats are boosting tax collections and using their own funds for schools, f...

State capital spending growth is set to slow in FY27. This moderation follows a strong FY26. Rising revenue expenses and slower revenue gro...

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...

Financial mismanagement by the Mahayuti government has led to every Maharashtra citizen bearing a debt of Rs 82,000. Opposition criticized ...

A majority of Indian states have budgeted to meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.61 per cent from 3.71 per cent in FY22 revised estimates (...

Registering an increase of 34.1 per cent from the pre-pandemic (FY20) levels, 26 large states, excluding Assam, have spent Rs 5 lakh crore ...

Indian states' offer of 'economically unsustainable' sops like farm loan waivers, and restoring old pension systems is a matter of concern,...

Mungantiwar said that apart from fiscal indicators, the financial position of a state is considered healthy if the quantum of debt is below...

Despite mobilising higher revenue than budgeted, these states could not maintain the revenue deficit at the budgeted level due to increased...

On a combined basis, state government capex is major driver of investment growth. During periods of fiscal adjustment, capex becomes the so...

No other big-ticket announcements made in the last budget of the Devendra Fadnavis-led government in the state, where elections would be he...

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the previous Congress-NCP Government had left behind a revenue deficit of Rs 26,000 crore.

The Maharashtra government's announcement of providing subsidy to the extent of over Rs 7,272 crore to reduce power tariff by around 20 per...

Sitting on a huge debt burden of close to Rs two lakh crore, West Bengal government's finances are the worst among five highly-indebted sta...

A 28% growth in revenue helped Maharashtra wipe out deficits clocking a Rs 810 crore revenue surplus in 2006-07.