Controller General of Accounts

98% of government payments in 2016-17 made digitally, says CGA

Controller General of Accounts (CGA) Archana Nigam has said that 98 per cent of the total government transactions in the current fiscal, pegged at Rs 6.05 lakh crore in terms of value, have happened through the digital route.

Mar 02, 2017, 20:29 PM IST

Fiscal deficit hits 68% of Budget estimate in first half

The fiscal deficit is the gap between expenditure and revenue.

Oct 30, 2015, 19:01 PM IST

Fiscal deficit touches 75% of Budget Estimates in August

Fiscal deficit touched 74.9 percent of the Budget Estimates for 2014-15 to cross Rs 3.97 lakh crore at the end of August.

Sep 30, 2014, 21:38 PM IST