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State borrowings must focus on asset creation, not just revenue expenditure: FM Nirmala SitharamanUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged state governments to invest borrowed funds in long-term assets like schools and hospitals, ...
SBI Research sees Bengal budget tone most optimistic in 17 yearsWest Bengal's new budget signals a significant policy shift, moving from welfare to investment and industrial growth, according to SBI Rese...
States' expenditure rises 131% in 10 yrs on welfare, development: CAG ReportStates' spending surged 131 percent from 2015-16 to 2024-25. Welfare and development drove this growth. Revenue expenditure remained the la...
UP, Gujarat, Jharkhand, 10 other states record revenue surplus in FY25: CAG reportFifteen Indian states faced revenue deficits in the fiscal year 2024-25. Thirteen states, however, reported revenue surpluses. The Comptrol...
Fiscal stress deepens across states as all 28 post deficits in FY25: CAG reportIndia's states continued to face mounting fiscal pressures in 2024-25, with all 28 states reporting fiscal deficits and their combined liab...
UP CM Yogi Adityanath calls for COVID-like national spirit to tide over West Asia crisisUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged citizens to embrace self-reliance amid West Asian crises. He highlighted the state's sig...
West Bengal elections 2026: The real numbers test for Mamata Banerjee’s command & BJP’s pitchWest 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...
Delhi eco survey cites rising per capita income, GSDP: CM Rekha Gupta says evidence of rapid economy growthThe Chief Minister asserted that the survey report was "clear evidence" of Delhi's "rapidly growing" economy, "robust" infrastructure, and ...
Andhra fiscal indicators show 'weakness', says YS Jagan Mohan Reddy citing CAG dataYS Jagan Mohan Reddy points to CAG data for the first half of FY 2025-26, alleging Andhra Pradesh's fiscal indicators show weakness. He hig...
Five states account for nearly 50% of active GST taxpayers; UP leads: SBI ReportAn SBI Research report reveals that Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka account for nearly 50% of India's active...
State indebtedness to stay high at 31-32% in FY24: CrisilThe rating agency noted that overall borrowings of 18 states, which constitute 90% of the country’s gross state domestic product, is likely...
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...
Gujarat well on course to print better fiscal numbers in FY24: India RatingsIndia Ratings expects fiscal deficit of the state to come in at 1.2 per cent as against the FY24 budget estimate of 1.8 per cent of gross s...
UP government likely to miss budgeted revenue surplus by wide margin: India RatingsWhile the state has budgeted a revenue surplus of 2.8 per cent of the GSDP, the agency expects it to be at just about 1.4 per cent in FY24....
In fiscal 2020–21, Mizoram's GSDP increased by 15.62%: CAG ReportThe state's GSDP at current prices increased at a pace ranging from 12.76% to 15.62% between 2016 and 21 according to the report that Chief...
States debt to hit Rs 71.4 lakh crore in FY22: ReportAccording to Crisil's report, GST could grow 20 per cent whereas, the sales tax is seen clipping at 25 per cent. GST and sales tax on petro...
Need to devise a better formula for setting states' borrowings: SBI reportA similar scheme could be envisaged for states that are borrowing more, with a scale down in the permissible borrowing or the higher advanc...
Tamil Nadu needs to increase Tax-GSDP ratio, suggests state's economic revival committeeThe high-level committee also suggested immediate and urgent financial restructuring of electricity transmission and distribution utilities...
Odisha expects 9% growth in 12th Plan periodWith one more year remaining in the 12th Plan period, Odisha is expecting a growth rate of 9 per cent for the five years through March 2017.
Centre and states should work to adopt the goods and services taxThe RBI’s study on state finances shows an improvement in the consolidated fiscal position of states during 2010-13.