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30/07/2021 4:40:46 PM | Source: Reuters
India's April-June fiscal deficit narrows to $36.8 billion as tax receipts rise
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India's April-June fiscal deficit narrows to $36.8 billion as tax receipts rise

NEW DELHI- India's federal fiscal deficit for the April-June quarter narrowed to 2.74 trillion rupees ($36.83 billion), down more than 58% from the same period in the previous fiscal year, government data released on Friday showed, amid a pick up in tax receipts.

The fiscal deficit during the same period had widened to 6.62 trillion rupees last year, after a fall in tax receipts due to pandemic lockdown that led to the worst recession in seven decades.

Net tax receipts in the first three months to end-June rose to 4.13 trillion rupees ($55.51 billion), from 1.35 trillion rupees during the same period in the previous fiscal year, while government spending marginally rose to 8.21 billion rupees, from 8.16 trillion rupees, the data showed.

($1 = 74.3970 Indian rupees)

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