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  • Arun Jaitley to highlight key points of interim Budget in RBI board meeting

    Published on February 17, 2019

    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will highlight the key points of the interim Budget, including the fiscal consolidation roadmap in the customary post-budget meeting of the central board of the RBI, scheduled tomorrow.

    The meeting will take place against the backdrop of a slight deviation from the fiscal deficit target for the current financial year, tax rebate for income up to  5 lakh rupees and income support scheme for 12 crore farmers.

    In the Interim Budget, the government has projected a fiscal deficit of 3.4 per cent of the GDP for 2019-20, against the earlier target of 3.3 per cent.

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