India's fiscal deficit for April-January was 11.7 trillion rupees ($133.84 billion), or 74.5% of the estimate for the current financial year, government data showed on Friday. Net tax receipts for the first ten months of the financial year were at 19.

India's fiscal deficit touched 74.5% of the annual target at the end of January 2025, according to the data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA). In actual terms, the fiscal deficit was ₹11,

The latest figure is higher than the ₹11.03 trillion a year ago, or 63.6% of the estimates for 2023-24, and is mainly because of higher revenue expenditure as well as capital expenditure.