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Revival of North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing 77
Corporation (NERAMAC)
Boost for project exports through NEIA 33,000
Boost to export insurance cover 88,000
Broadband to each village through BharatNet PPP Model 19,041
Extension of tenure of PLI scheme for large scale electronic man-
ufacturing
Reform based result linked power distribution scheme
(Budget announcement) 97,631
July 2021 (`23,123 crore)

23,123
India COVID-19 Emergency Response & Health System
preparedness package: Phase-II (Centre Share-`15,000 cr;
State Share-`8,123 cr)
December 2021(`53,344 crore)
Extension of PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana 53344.5
(December 2021- March 2022)
Source: PIB

PERFORMANCE OF FISCAL INDICATORS DURING 2021-22

2.6 This section analyses the performance of fiscal indicators and their components for the period
April to November 2021. The data on Government accounts for April to November 2021, released
by the Controller General of Accounts, show that the fiscal deficit of the Central Government at
end November 2021 stood at 46.2 per cent of the BE compared to 135.1 per cent during the same
period in 2020-21 and 114.8 per cent during the same period in 2019-20 (Figure 4). During this
period both fiscal deficit and primary deficit stood at levels much below the corresponding levels
in the previous two years. The primary deficit during the period April to November 2021 turned up
at nearly half of the level it had reached during April to November 2019 (Figure 3).

Figure 3: Trends in Fiscal deficit and Figure 4: Fiscal deficit as a per cent of
primary deficit Budget estimate

12 10.8 160
10 140
8.1 7.0 6.9 120
lakh crore 6 4.7 As a per cent of BE 100 135.1
8
80

40
₹ 4 2.4 60 114.8
2 20 46.2
0 0
Fiscal Deficit Primary Deficit

Apr-Nov 2019 Apr-Nov 2020 Apr-Nov 2021 Apr- Nov 2019 Apr- Nov 2020 Apr- Nov 2021

Source: CGA Monthly Accounts