Econvitals IndiaData as of 28 Oct 2026

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Fiscal deficit (% of BE)

Fiscal deficit, financial year to date, as % of the year's Budget Estimate. Monthly, per cent. Latest: 41.90 (Aug 2026).

Level

per cent

Source: Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance.Download CSV (cga_fiscal_deficit_pct_be)

About this series

Series idcga_fiscal_deficit_pct_be
SourceController General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance: Union Government Accounts at a Glance (monthly)
CoverageApr 2024 to Aug 2026 (29 observations)
Releaselast working day of the month, for the previous month
Updated byDaily automated pipeline · pipelines/sources/cga/monthly_accounts.py
LicenceOpen government data (NDSAP / GODL-India): free to reuse with attribution
NotesAs published by CGA.
Checked against the official releaseNot yet. Values come straight from the publisher, but no one has yet compared them with the press release.

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Cite: Econvitals India (2026). Fiscal deficit, financial year to date, as % of the year's Budget Estimate [cga_fiscal_deficit_pct_be]. Retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Original source: Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance.

Latest observations

PeriodValueNote
Aug 202641.90financial year to date
Jul 202626.80financial year to date
Jun 202618.20financial year to date
May 20269.60financial year to date
Apr 202621.40financial year to date
Mar 202697.50full year, provisional actuals; % columns are % of Revised Estimates
Feb 202680.40full year, provisional actuals; % columns are % of Revised Estimates
Jan 202663.00full year, provisional actuals; % columns are % of Revised Estimates
Dec 202554.50financial year to date
Nov 202562.30financial year to date
Oct 202552.60financial year to date
Sep 202536.50financial year to date
Aug 202538.10financial year to date
Jul 202529.90financial year to date
Jun 202517.90financial year to date
May 20250.80financial year to date
Apr 202511.90financial year to date
Mar 2025100.50full year, provisional actuals; % columns are % of Revised Estimates
Feb 202585.80full year, provisional actuals; % columns are % of Revised Estimates
Jan 202574.50full year, provisional actuals; % columns are % of Revised Estimates
Dec 202456.70financial year to date
Nov 202452.50financial year to date
Oct 202446.50financial year to date
Sep 202429.40financial year to date

Revisions

No revisions recorded since this series was added. When the publisher revises a past value, the old and new values appear here.