据《经济时报》报道,印度财政部长Nirmala Sitharaman表示,政府仍然有信心实现截至2026年3月的2025/26财年财政赤字占国内生产总值4.4%的目标。财政部长于2月在议会提交的联邦预算将2025-26年的财政赤字定为15.69万亿卢比,占国内生产总值的4.4%,低于2024-25年的4.8%。较低的财政赤字目标预计将得到强有力的税收支持。根据修订后的《财政责任和预算管理法》,政府有义务在2025-26财年之前将财政赤字降至4.5%以下。上周的数据显示,印度中央政府在2026财年上半年的预算赤字为5.73万亿卢比,占年度估计的36.5%,比去年同期的4.75万亿卢比有所扩大。然而,赤字从前五个月的5.98万亿印度卢比下降。
India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, said the government remains confident of meeting the FY 2025/26 fiscal deficit target of 4.4% of GDP for the year ending March 2026, according to The Economic Times. The Union Budget, presented in Parliament in February by the Finance Minister, had pegged the fiscal deficit at INR 15.69 trillion, or 4.4% of GDP for 2025-26, down from 4.8% in 2024-25. The lower fiscal deficit target is expected to be supported by strong tax collections. Under the revised Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, the government is mandated to reduce the fiscal deficit to below 4.5% by FY 2025-26. Last week’s data showed that the Indian central government recorded a budget deficit of INR 5.73 trillion in the first half of the 2026 fiscal year, or 36.5% of the annual estimate, widening from INR 4.75 trillion in the same period last year. However, the deficit was brought down from INR 5.98 trillion recorded in the first five months.