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Chidambaram says to keep 2013/14 fiscal deficit below 4.8 percent

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Apr 24 2013 | 10:40 AM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will limit the fiscal deficit for 2013/14 to below 4.8 percent of gross domestic product, the finance minister said on Wednesday.

The fiscal deficit target is a red line that would never, never be breached, P. Chidambaram said at an event in New Delhi.

The fiscal deficit for 2012/13 is expected to be at around 5 percent of gross domestic product, government sources said earlier this month.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan)

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