India's April-July fiscal deficit at $42.91 bln

An India Rupee note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration
India's fiscal deficit (INFISC=ECI) for the fourth months through June touched 3.41 trillion rupees ($42.91 billion) or 20.5% of annual estimates, government data showed on Wednesday.
Net tax receipts stood at 6.66 trillion rupees while total expenditure was 11.27 trillion rupees, the data showed.
($1 = 79.4710 Indian rupees)