India’s fiscal deficit for FY26 expected at 4.4%-4.6% of GDP: Goldman Sachs
Live MintNew Delhi: India's fiscal deficit could come in at 4.4% to 4.6% of GDP in FY26, Goldman Sachs Economics Research said in a report on Monday. The central government's “fiscal impulse will remain a drag on growth in the next fiscal year”, said the report titled ‘Asia in Focus—Union Budget Preview: Policy Choices in a Cyclical Growth Slowdown’. "We continue to believe the fastest growth pace in public capex is behind us, and we expect capex to grow at or below nominal GDP growth rates from here on," the report said. "In the current fiscal year FY25, robust tax collection, mainly driven by direct taxes, has given the government some space to carry out additional current expenditure, while capital expenditure has remained muted thus far," the report said.