India's fiscal deficit hits 66.8 per cent of revised forecast During the April 2020 to January 2021 period, total receipts stood at Rs 12.83 lakh crore which is 80.1 per cent of the revised Budget target of Rs 16.01 lakh crore. Share Via Email | A+A A- The gap between the government’s revenue and expenditure (Fiscal deficit), in absolute terms, stood at Rs 12.34 lakh crore. (Express Illustrations) By Express News Service NEW DELHI: Data released on Friday by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) showed that, as of the end of January 2021, India’s fiscal deficit had breached 66.8 per cent of the revised budget estimates for the current financial year (2020-21).