2020-21 fiscal deficit to be 9.5% of GDP

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February 01, 2021 12:28

The finance minister announced that the fiscal deficit in pandemic-hit 2020-21 will be 9.5% of GDP.

She estimated the fiscal deficit in 2021-22 at 6.8% of GDP, and expected it to return to normal range by 2023-24.

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