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India's April-October fiscal deficit crosses full year target

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Nov 30 2018 | 5:45 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's April-October fiscal deficit stood at 6.49 trillion rupees ($93.23 billion), or 103.9 percent of the budgeted target for current fiscal year, government data showed on Friday.

Net tax receipts in the first seven months of the fiscal year that ends in March 2019 were 6.61 trillion rupees, government data showed.

The government has said it was confident of meeting its fiscal deficit target of 3.3 percent of GDP in the 2018/19 fiscal year.

($1 = 69.6150 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Malini Menon)

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First Published: Nov 30 2018 | 5:30 PM IST

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