Fiscal deficit at 8.2% in April-May as revenues improve, lockdowns ease
India’s fiscal deficit in April-May stood at 8.2 per cent of the budget estimates (BE), as compared to 59 per cent in the same period last year. The deficit was less 30 per cent less of last-year's level of Rs. 4.7 trillion amid the nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus. READ MORE...
SC directs NDMA to issue norms for financial help to kin of Covid victims
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to issue fresh guidelines for providing minimum