Discussions on the health of India’s public finances often focus exclusively on the national level, where relatively good progress has been made reining in the budget deficit in recent years. Less attention is paid to the state level, where fiscal positions have weakened significantly. Recent announcements of loan waivers for farmers in numerous states mean that their fiscal positions are set to deteriorate further.
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