A macro view of the fiscal health of States
1 year, 5 months ago

A macro view of the fiscal health of States

The Hindu  

In India, the States mobilise altogether more than a third of total revenue, spend 60% of combined government expenditure, and have a share in government borrowing that is around 40%. Fiscal challenges However, there are significant fiscal challenges that need correction in the short to medium time frame — the most critical being containing the revenue deficit of States. Out of 13 States, fiscal deficits in seven States are primarily driven by revenue deficits; the States being Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. For these seven States, their specific shares of revenue deficit in fiscal deficit for 2023-24 are: Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. A sense of this can be made when the following fiscal numbers are considered: the combined fiscal deficit of these States is 3.71% of GSDP when the all-State average for the same is 2.9%; their combined revenue deficit is 2.15 % of GSDP, when the all-State revenue deficit is 0.78%; their combined debt ratio is higher than the Finance Commission recommended debt ratio for all States for the year 2023-24.

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RBI flags concerns over state sops even as tax revenue grows, spending quality improves
4 days, 12 hours ago

RBI flags concerns over state sops even as tax revenue grows, spending quality improves

Live Mint  

Mumbai: India’s banking regulator has flagged concerns about a slew of sops announced by several states, even as their tax revenue has grown faster than the economic growth rate after the pandemic year of FY21, and spending quality improved in favour of more productive asset creation. Even as capital expenditure is projected to increase this year, states are expected to …

Thiruvananthapuram corporations' allocated revenue deficit for 2023-24 was highest in Kerala: RBI
1 month, 1 week ago

Thiruvananthapuram corporations' allocated revenue deficit for 2023-24 was highest in Kerala: RBI

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Municipal corporations in Kerala budgeted the highest aggregate revenue deficit for 2023-24, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s ‘Report on Municipal Finances’ released on Wednesday. Civic bodies in Maharashtra budgeted the highest revenue surplus of Rs 11,104 crore in the same fiscal year. Besides Kerala, only seven other states posted a revenue deficit: Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, …

Karnataka Budget: No tax hike, borrowings cross ₹1 lakh crore in revenue deficit
10 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka Budget: No tax hike, borrowings cross ₹1 lakh crore in revenue deficit

The Hindu  

The total outlay of the Karnataka State budget for 2024-25 is pegged at ₹3,71,383 crore, as against a revised estimate of ₹3,12,708 crore for 2023-24. Karnataka Budget 2024-25: LIVE coverage While the Chief Minister has not increased any taxes, he has presented a revenue deficit budget with the net borrowings crossing ₹1 lakh crore, perhaps for the first time in …

The severe erosion of fiscal federalism
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The severe erosion of fiscal federalism

The Hindu  

On February 8, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will lead a protest in New Delhi against the Centre for “placing Kerala on a financial embargo”. Kerala has moved the Supreme Court contending that the Centre’s imposition of a Net Borrowing Ceiling on the State, which limits borrowings from all sources, violates Article 293 of the Constitution. Major infrastructure projects initiated …

Budget 2024: It’s tax buoyancy that shrank the deficit
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: It’s tax buoyancy that shrank the deficit

Live Mint  

A quick glance at the fiscal arithmetic reveals that there is no severe fiscal austerity proposed in the budget. Given nominal GDP growth of 10.5% and aggregate tax revenue growth of 11.5%, the government has met its fiscal deficit target through tax buoyancy, and not through severe public expenditure reduction. As against a 2023-24 Budget Estimate of ₹61,000 crore, the …

Measures to make T.N. revenue-neutral to be keenly watched
1 year, 9 months ago

Measures to make T.N. revenue-neutral to be keenly watched

The Hindu  

Apart from the anticipation of an announcement on the monthly honorarium of ₹1,000 for women family heads, measures to achieve the goal of making the State revenue-neutral in three years would be keenly watched in the Tamil Nadu Budget for 2023-24 to be presented by Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Monday. As per the provisional figures of the Comptroller …

Explained | Kerala’s mounting public debt
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Kerala’s mounting public debt

The Hindu  

The story so far: Over the past few months, Kerala’s mounting debt liabilities have been brought into sharp focus with the Reserve Bank of India, the Comptroller and Auditor General, and the opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front flagging the issue. Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board A body corporate constituted by the Government of Kerala to mobilise financial resources outside of …

Data | Poor revenues, higher spending increased debt burden of ten Indian States
2 years, 5 months ago

Data | Poor revenues, higher spending increased debt burden of ten Indian States

The Hindu  

The pandemic has worsened the fiscal positions of State governments. The revenue expenditure of many of these States constitute 80-90% of the total expenses and therefore they have poor capital spending. Within own tax revenue, States’ goods and services tax, States’ excise duties and sales tax are the major sources of revenue High revenue expenditure The share of revenue expenditure …

TN Budget: Fiscal deficit falls to 3.80% from 4.61%, revenue deficit too declines
2 years, 9 months ago

TN Budget: Fiscal deficit falls to 3.80% from 4.61%, revenue deficit too declines

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu’s fiscal deficit for 2021-22 is poised to see a significant reduction from 4.61% down to 3.80% and the State will see a reduction in the absolute level of the revenue deficit by over ₹7,000 crore, “reversing an alarming trend of increasing deficits every year since 2014,” Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said in the Assembly on Friday. Presenting …

Andhra Pradesh's revenue deficit soars 662 per cent in H1
3 years, 1 month ago

Andhra Pradesh's revenue deficit soars 662 per cent in H1

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh's revenue deficit soared by an unprecedented 662.80 per cent while the fiscal deficit was up 107.79 per cent in the first half of the 2021-'22 financial year. According to CAG's accounts for the first half of the fiscal, AP's total receipts touched 1,04,804.91 crore, including Rs 39,914.18 crore borrowings. In the first half of the current fiscal, …

Fiscal deficit of states to hit peak of ₹8.7 lakh crore, says CRISIL
3 years, 11 months ago

Fiscal deficit of states to hit peak of ₹8.7 lakh crore, says CRISIL

The Hindu  

The States are headed for a fourfold expansion in their revenue deficit this fiscal over the last year due to far lesser tax collections, Crisil Ratings said in a report. “This will not only expand States’ aggregate gross fiscal deficit to an all-time high of ₹8.7 lakh crore, or 4.7% of GSDP, but also skew its composition towards revenue deficit …

Govt Should Have Clear Exit Strategy, Milestones Needed for Fiscal Consolidation: RBI
4 years, 3 months ago

Govt Should Have Clear Exit Strategy, Milestones Needed for Fiscal Consolidation: RBI

News 18  

The government should have a clear exit strategy and credible milestones for fiscal consolidation in the coming years, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday in its annual report amid meeting the fiscal targets becoming more challenging due to the coronavirus pandemic. Based on information from 25 states, the general government fiscal deficit increased from 5.4 per cent of GDP in …

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