India looks set to miss its fiscal target this year, even in the optimistic case that the government fully delivers on its plans to sell stakes in state-owned companies. But this was always likely given that rampant expenditure by the previous government in the first quarter of this fiscal year set up a difficult starting point. In any case, with the economy currently operating well below capacity, a slightly looser fiscal stance is no bad thing.
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