Govt to meet 3.5% fiscal deficit target for FY17: CGA

The government is confident of achieving the fiscal deficit target of 3.5 per cent for 2016- 17, the newly appointed Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Anthony Lianzuala, said today.

After taking charge today, Lianzuala - a 1982 batch civil accounts service officer - said his office has given timely input to the government on expenditure and receipt front to assess is fiscal road-map.

"We have done our best (in giving data input) and I think the government will be able to achieve its target of fiscal deficit of 3.5 per cent (for 2016-17)," he told

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