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RBI says economic cost of second Covid-19 wave may be limited to Q1

Government must now step up expenditure to boost demand for private investment and consumption, said RBI

Govt 'not calling it right', must boost spending in Covid: Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel Laureate says it is 'not clear at all' if bond markets would react negatively to moves to avert crisis.

Budget Byte: National Small Savings Fund to facilitate off-Budget spending?

What began with food security, off-Budget financing now caters heavily to a range of core spending areas

Fiscal deficit at 135% of BE on higher capex; spending in Nov rises 250%

This is despite a reasonable pick-up in tax revenues during the month as economic activity gradually reverts to normalcy amid the pandemic

Top headlines: Govt plans spending boost, international flight ban extended

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India plans spending boost as govt tries to revive Covid-19 hit economy

Curbs imposed by the finance ministry on more than 80 government departments and ministries earlier in the year to preserve cash were relaxed this quarter

Capex measures to deliver the goods rather than the consumption booster

States and centre would be spending more on projects like roads, urban development, defence as a result of Finance Minister's announcements.

LS okays Rs 2.35 trn extra spending, bulk to be spent on public schemes

FM also said that probably for the first time the government has sought such a huge amount in the first batch of the supplementary demands for grants

Covid policy response: Rural spending skyrockets, defence bears the brunt

Free provision of food, cash transfers, and jobs in villages see enhanced flow of funds despite a precipitous fall in revenue

GDP data: Yet another huge knock for Modi govt's economic growth story

India's economic growth falls for a third successive year, fiscal deficit widens to 4.6%; agriculture and govt spending prevent further decline

Kerala to cut spending to address coronavirus crisis: Thomas Isaac

The state government has set up a committee headed by Sunil Mani, director of the Centre For Development Studies, to assess the fiscal situation, and has sought a report in a month's time

Questions about borrowing

The funding need can change materially

Govt may cut back on spending by Rs 2-trn as it faces revenue shortfall

Asia's third largest economy, which is growing at its slowest pace in over six years because of lack of private investment, could be hurt further if the government cuts spending

How much of their Budget 2019-20 allocations have ministries spent?

On September 30, 53.4 per cent of BE 2019-20 was spent by various ministries/departments

Govt's April-June quarter receipts only 14% of Budget target for full FY20

The total receipt comprises Rs 2,51,411 crore tax revenue (Net to Centre), Rs 33,475 crore of non-tax revenue and Rs 4,764 crore of non-debt capital receipts

Govt seeks Parliament's nod for additional gross spend of Rs 1.98 trillion

The government is also seeking over Rs 4,700 crore for the Ministry of Home Affairs