India fiscal defict: FY23 fiscal deficit: FinMin monitoring daily receipts, expenses in March

The finance ministry has started daily monitoring of the revenue receipts, including tax collections, as well as expenditure beginning March 1, with an aim to keep fiscal deficit in check during the current fiscal. Although the government is expected to meet the revised tax revenue estimates, meeting the Rs 50,000 crore target from disinvestment receipts … Read more

Ösi smuggler swallows 124 capsules in front of Aussie customs

To do this, the 27-year-old swallowed a total of 124 pellets sealed in plastic film. The illegal cargo is said to have been worth around CHF 316,000. But her nervousness threw a spanner in the works: Customs investigators became aware of the Austrian – and didn’t let go. After an initial investigation, the criminal was … Read more