Govt Spending

The states - including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat - are estimating expenditure to have risen 21.5% in 2022-23, and plan to increase it further by 11% in 2023-24

Analysts say that as recessionary woes spread globally, India's tax collections and asset sales are likely to fall.

The projected spending is $11.6 billion in 2023, the report said

Global government IT spending is likely to reach $588.9 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 per cent from 2022, a report showed on Monday

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A total of 8,488 projects have been sanctioned under the scheme so far with a loan amount of Rs 6,098 crore

The government needs Rs 49,805.25 for food storage schemes and warehousing

The government on Friday sought Parliament's nod for gross additional spending of over Rs 3.73 lakh crore in the current financial year. As per the second batch of supplementary demands for grants tabled in Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, the net cash outgo would be over Rs 2.99 lakh crore and Rs 74,517 crore extra expenditure would be matched by savings by different ministries. The amount includes extra spending of Rs 58,430 crore towards fertiliser subsidy, over Rs 2,000 crore towards various schemes of Department of Commerce and over Rs 53,000 crore by Department of Expenditure under various export promotion schemes.

The fiscal deficit of the Union Budget for FY23 could stay around 6.8 per cent, the same as expected for FY22

The Centre will incur an additional expenditure of around Rs 53,344.52 crore because of the extension

Taxes on alcohol, petrol and diesel make up over half of the state's commercial tax revenues

Private drive could taper off, high tax revenue notwithstanding

Revival of the Indian economy would be sustained if the COVID-19 pandemic is under control, eminent economist Shashanka Bhide said on Sunday

Orders, mostly from the govt, worth $356 bn expected in the next two years

The NMP will serve as a roadmap for asset monetisation of brownfield infra assets across sectors such as roads, railways, aviation, power, oil and gas, and warehousing

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday sought Parliament nod for net additional spending of Rs 23,675 crore in the first batch of supplementary demands for the current fiscal year. As per the first batch of supplementary demands for grants tabled in the Lok Sabha, approval is being sought for gross additional expenditure of over Rs 1.87 lakh crore. Of this, the proposals involving net cash outgo aggregate to Rs 23,674.81 crore and gross additional expenditure, matched by savings of the ministries/departments or by enhanced receipts aggregates to over Rs 1.63 lakh crore.

Net daily liquidity absorbed from banks on July 9 was Rs 4.6 trillion, data released on Monday showed