Fiscal deficit target for FY25 reduced to 5.1%

Fiscal deficit target for FY25 reduced to 5.1%

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her interim budget 2024 speech said that the centre has set a fiscal deficit target of 5.1% for FY25, with gross borrowings at Rs 14.13 lakh crore. The fiscal deficit target has been reduced based on the...
Record August rain deficit to hit crops-

Record August rain deficit to hit crops-

[ad_1] Express News Service NEW DELHI:  THIS August was the driest and warmest month, with the highest number of dry spell days, in the recorded history of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) since 1901.The rainfall deficit during August 2023 was so huge that...