While India’s focus on the debt-to-GDP ratio, a key repayment indicator, aligns with international benchmarks, analysts suggest the 50 percent target is attainable, provided the fiscal deficit is ...

With global interest rates higher for longer and fiscal consolidation back in focus, Budget 2026 is expected to signal how India balances growth ambitions with debt discipline.

According to the Receipt Budget 2026–27, the outstanding internal and external debt and other liabilities of the Government of India are estimated at Rs 214 lakh crore at the end of March 2027.

The move to debt-to-GDP comes after more than two decades of the Indian government targeting a reduction in the fiscal deficit.

MUMBAI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - India's fiscal policy is expected to ‌turn more growth-supportive as the federal government ‌shifts to targeting the debt-to-GDP ratio starting April 2026, several ...

With public debt near 60 percent of GDP and a stated goal of moving toward 50% by 2030, India’s sovereign balance sheet is ...

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget walks a fine line between fiscal prudence and developmental ambition just as India's new GDP series and Finance Commission awards are about to reset the game ...

India’s economy grew at a steady pace in 2025 despite a global climate of sluggish growth, decelerating investment and weakening trade. Estimated real GDP growth for 2025 is close to 7 per cent, ...

As India prepares for the upcoming Union Budget, a subtle but significant shift in fiscal strategy is taking centre stage. Rather than focusing solely on a headline fiscal deficit number, the ...

Congress MP Randeep Surjewala slammed the Centre over rising debt, stating it added Rs 127 lakh crore in a decade, taking the ...