February 1, 2012
Mumbai: India's budget deficit reached 92.3 per cent of the fiscal-year target in the nine months through December, imperilling the government's aim of reining in the gap.
The shortfall was 44.9 per cent of the annual objective in the same period a year earlier.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said cutting the deficit is a "serious challenge".
Debt % of Total GDP (2011)
Italy = 103%
Portugal = 92%
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India = 90% (est)
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Brazil = 66%
Spain = 60%
UK = 47%
China = 33%
Russia = 11%
http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/india-39-s-deficit-threatens-to-explode-1.974039
Mumbai: India's budget deficit reached 92.3 per cent of the fiscal-year target in the nine months through December, imperilling the government's aim of reining in the gap.
The shortfall was 44.9 per cent of the annual objective in the same period a year earlier.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said cutting the deficit is a "serious challenge".
Debt % of Total GDP (2011)
Italy = 103%
Portugal = 92%
-------------------
India = 90% (est)
-------------------
Brazil = 66%
Spain = 60%
UK = 47%
China = 33%
Russia = 11%
http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/india-39-s-deficit-threatens-to-explode-1.974039