Economics

India Posts Record Fiscal Gap Amid Spending to Cushion Economy

A domestic hearth at a rural home in Uttar Pradesh, India.Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg
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India’s budget deficit ballooned to a record last year, as the government borrowed more to spend its way out of the pandemic-induced slump.