Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), expressed serious concerns regarding the budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 presented by the PoJK government.
Pakistan's parliament on Friday passed a tax-heavy finance bill for the upcoming fiscal year amid ongoing negotiations for a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout.
This is a significant shift from the USD 8.7 billion deficit (1.0 per cent of GDP) reported in the third quarter, and a notable improvement compared to the USD 1.3 billion deficit (0.2 per cent of GDP) in the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal year.
This hefty borrowing, amounting to PKR 7.39 trillion from July 2023 to June 7, 2024, surpasses the government's collective borrowings of PKR 7.16 trillion in the previous two fiscal years (FY23 and FY22).
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Asad Qaiser and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Sunday showed strong opposition to the federal budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, reported ARY News.
Fitch projects a 3 per cent-4 per cent increase in India's petroleum product demand for the fiscal year ending in March 2025 (FY25), buoyed by rising consumer, industrial, and infrastructure needs.
India's imports of finished steel reached 8.3 MT in fiscal 2024, marking a substantial 38 per cent increase year-on-year. The primary contributors to this surge in imports were China, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Chinese steel imports alone accounted for 2.7 MT, while South Korea and Jap
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will meet Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, to lay his party's reservations on the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025, Geo News reported.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the first pre-budget meeting with leading economists in Delhi on Wednesday as part of pre-budget consultations for the General Budget 2024-25.
The rating agency has elevated India's growth forecast by 20 basis point to 7.2 per cent for fiscal year 2024-25. Earlier in March Fitch has forecasted India's growth at 7 per cent.
While retaining its position as the fastest-growing large economy, India's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth will moderate to 6.8 per cent in fiscal 2025 from 8.2 per cent in fiscal 2024, CRISIL observed in its recent report, citing high interest rates and lower fiscal impulse.
The Sindh government is set to announce its budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 on Friday, which is expected to be (PKR) 33 trillion, according to ARY News.