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According to data released by the Controller General of Accounts(CGA), India’s fiscal deficit has reached 77% of the annual target for 2019-20 in July.
Fiscal deficit is the amount of money that the government needs to borrow in a given year because their expenses were more than their revenues.
In Union Budget 2019,India has set a fiscal deficit target of 3.3% of the Gross domestic product(GDP) for 2019-20.