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Karnataka's Budget estimates deficit in 2018-19

09:55 AM Jul 06, 2018 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Budget for monetary 2018-19 on Thursday evaluated a Rs 579.05-crore broadening deficit on capital record from its Revised Estimates of Rs 105.30 crore and Budget Estimates of Rs 370.04 crore for financial 2017-18. 

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Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in the Assembly here said “Fiscal deficit is required to be Rs 40,753 crore, which is 2.89 for every penny of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP),”

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in the Assembly here is the contrast between the aggregate income and expenditure of the state government in a fiscal year. 

Thus, the state’s total liabilities at Rs 2,92,220 crore toward the end of 2018-19, evaluated to be 20.75 percentage of the GSDP, however within the 25 percentage constrain ordered in the Karnataka Fiscal Responsibility Act for FY 2019. 

“Each of the three financial parameters are inside the command of the Act, mirroring the state’s monetary reasonability,” guaranteed Kumaraswamy in his Budget discourse. 

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The Budget has proposed to waive farmer’s loan Rs 34,000 crore, obtained by 17 lakh farmers at the rate of Rs 2 lakh for each family over the state till December 31, 2017. 

On income account, be that as it may, the Budget evaluated for this monetary (FY 2019) a humble overflow of Rs 106.06 crore from Revised Estimates of Rs 383.84 crore and Budget Estimates of Rs 136.54 crore for financial 2017-18. 

“The aggregate receipts for 2018-19 are assessed to Rs 2,13,734 crore, including Rs 1,66,396 crore from income, Rs 47,338 crore from capital and Rs 47,134 crore from borrowings,” Kumaraswamy said. 

He said that the aggregate expenditure is assessed to be Rs 2,18,488 crore, including Rs 1,66,290 crore from income, Rs 41,063 crore from capital and Rs 11,136 crore from debt repayment. 

The state’s tax income for FY 2019 is assessed to be Rs 1,06,621 crore, including Goods and Services Tax pay, which is an expansion of 16.25 percentage over the overhauled gauge of 2017-18. 

As much as Rs 8,181 crore is required to be gathered from non-charge incomes. The state government hopes to get Rs 36,215 crore as its offer of the central assessments and Rs 15,379 crore as gifts from the central government. 

The income receipts are evaluated to be supplemented by net borrowings of Rs 47,134 crore, non-obligation capital receipts of Rs 75 crore and recuperation of credits up to Rs 129 crore. 

The GSDP in last monetary 2017-18 grew 8.5 percentage from of 7.5 percentage in 2016-17. 

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