Bumper RBI bonus trims April-May fiscal deficit to 3% of FY25 target
Business Standard|June 29, 2024
A fiscal surplus of ₹1.6 trillion in May due to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) record dividend transfer narrowed the Centre's fiscal deficit for the first two months of 202425 to 0.5 trillion or 3 per cent of the full-year estimate, according to the data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) on Friday.
RUCHIKA CHITRAVANSHI
Bumper RBI bonus trims April-May fiscal deficit to 3% of FY25 target

The fiscal deficit in the same period last year was 11.8 per cent of the budget estimates. Higher tax revenue and the RBI dividend transfer of ₹2.1 trillion have kept the revenue receipts high at 19 per cent of the budgeted estimates for April-May FY25 period, compared to around 15 per cent in the corresponding period last year.

"The revenue upside seen from non-tax, and to a smaller extent, tax receipts suggests headroom to both boost expenditure and target a faster fiscal consolidation than what was pencilled in to the Interim Budget for FY25," Aditi Nayar, Chief Economist, ICRA said.

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