Budget 2026: Fiscal deficit target pegged at 4.3% for 2026-27
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Presenting the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has pegged fiscal deficit at 4.3 per cent of the GDP for the year 2026-27, as against 4.4 per cent being targeted in 2025-26.
The difference between total revenue and total expenditure of the government is termed as the fiscal deficit.
It is an indication of the total borrowings that may be needed by the g