Govt will stick to fiscal deficit target: Pranab

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said government will stick to the fiscal deficit target of 4.6% of GDP for 2011-12 despite huge revenue sacrifice due to duty cut on petroleum products. "I don`t think so because we are still trying to keep the target," Mukherjee told reporters here to a query on […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said government will stick to the fiscal deficit target of 4.6% of GDP for 2011-12 despite huge revenue sacrifice due to duty cut on petroleum products.

"I don`t think so because we are still trying to keep the target," Mukherjee told reporters here to a query on whether revenue forgone due to slashing excise and customs duties on petroleum products would impact fiscal deficit target.