What is Revenue expenditure of the government

The interim Budget 2024-25 on February 1 will likely see the central government boost investment, while still sticking to the fiscal consolidation path

Provisional actuals of the Budget for 2020-21 have once again varied sharply from the revised estimates. The variation provides fiscal cushion, but also raises several questions

There are several welcome standalone reforms but these do not add up to a coherent strategy to achieve a $5 trillion economy

Small savings, which will chip in a record Rs 4.8 trillion, breathe life into stimulus

Public spending push is expected to help push growth after pandemic slowdown in investments

The larger economy suffers more than the central govt, as New Delhi is allowed to get away with behaving arbitrarily and then hiding the reality behind bogus numbers, writes T N Ninan

In Budget 2020 speech, the FM should state how she intends to return to the 7% track, and the hard decisions she will take to adjust to the realities of a slowing economy, writes T N Ninan

With economic growth at its lowest in over six years, and a long-lasting slowdown affecting demand and consumption, the FM and her men are looking to announce measures to boost growth and activity

Pensions and salaries took away more than a fourth of government's revenue spend in 2017-18 and 2018-19

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) will be met without any cut in capital expenditure

The findings by PRS Legislative Research shows the overall expenditure of all states has soared from Rs 12.47 trillion in 2011-12 to Rs 33.18 trillion in 2018-19

Limited fiscal room has led to the state cutting back on capital outlay and social sector spending

It would help if the government could instead boost capital expenditure