All India and Yearly State Government Deficit Indicators

The dataset contains All India Yearly State Government Deficit Indicators from Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy. Note: 1. Data for 2022-23 relate to Revised Estimates while 2023-24 are Budget Estimates. 2. Data from 2017-18 onwards pertains to all States and UTs with legislatures. 3. Negative (-) sign indicates surplus in deficit indicators. 4. Net RBI Credit refers to variation in loans and advances given to States by the RBI net of their incremental.deposits with the RBI, for the State Government having accounts with the RBI. This is an indicator of means of financing. 5. Overall deficit for the years 1982-83, 1983-84 and 1985-86 excludes medium-term loans given by the Centre to the States to clear overdrafts of Rupees 1743 Crore as on March 31, 1982; Rupees 400 Crore as on March 31, 1983 and Rupees 1628 Crore (for 17 States) as on January 28, 1985, respectively.