Six charts that will help you make sense of budget 2019

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What is Fiscal Deficit?

What is Fiscal Deficit?

Why should you care? Rise in fiscal deficit eventually leads to weaker rupee, higher inflation and higher interest rate on bank loans.

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Why is Fiscal Deficit important?

Why is Fiscal Deficit important?
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Revenue expenditure on the rise

Revenue expenditure on the rise

The government spends more than it earns and borrows money from Reserve Bank of India to plug the gap.

The highest proportion of subsidies is spent on food in India

The highest proportion of subsidies is spent on food in India
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The rural parts of the country have had a tough time last few years. The wages have been so low that even with subdued inflation, workers have struggled to make ends meet.

The rural parts of the country have had a tough time last few years. The wages have been so low that even with subdued inflation, workers have struggled to make ends meet.

​Just opening bank accounts is not enough...

​Just opening bank accounts is not enough...

34 crore bank accounts were opened under the Jan Dhan Yojana, President Ram Nath Kovind said on January 31. But as the chart shows, bank loans to agriculture has significantly slowed down in recent years.

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