India likely to stick to fiscal deficit target, Modi adviser says

Reuters  |  NEW DELHI 

(Reuters) - is likely to stick to its fiscal deficit target of 3.2 percent of gross domestic product, and could accelerate sales of stakes in banks and other companies, an economic adviser to the prime minister said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's has stuck to its fiscal deficit targets over the past three years and is expected to do so this year as well, Surjit Bhalla, a member of Modi's Economic Advisory Council, told in an interview.

(Reporting by Rupam Jain and Manoj Kumar; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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First Published: Tue, October 17 2017. 13:59 IST