(` crore)

Year

Gross Fiscal Deficit

Gross Primary Deficit

Revenue Deficit

Primary
Revenue
Deficit

Overall Deficit

Net RBI Credit (Annual Variation)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1972-73

1349

878

70

-400

-414

-386

1973-74

1470

918

117

-435

226

133

1974-75

1243

704

-395

-934

31

133

1975-76

1102

414

-972

-1660

-75

92

1976-77

1515

758

-1097

-1854

-48

22

1977-78

2038

1216

-1019

-1841

229

142

1978-79

2643

1690

-1135

-2088

-1010

-418

1979-80

2873

1931

-1548

-2490

188

339

1980-81

3713

2488

-1486

-2711

897

487

1981-82

4062

2623

-1379

-2819

1020

789

1982-83

4986

3281

-888

-2593

820

-984

1983-84

6359

4396

-210

-2173

561

38

1984-85

8199

5733

923

-1543

1438

1486

1985-86

7521

4581

-654

-3594

-1688

-1862

1986-87

9269

5168

-170

-4271

667

516

1987-88

11219

6321

1088

-3810

66

-157

1988-89

11672

5737

1807

-4128

-380

425

1989-90

15433

8247

3682

-3504

161

255

1990-91

18787

10132

5309

-3346

-72

420

1991-92

18900

7956

5651

-5293

156

-340

1992-93

20892

7681

5114

-8096

-1829

176

1993-94

20364

4564

3872

-11929

363

591

1994-95

27308

7895

6706

-12708

-4346

48

1995-96

30870

9031

8620

-13219

-2680

16

1996-97

36561

11175

16878

-8509

7202

898

1997-98

43474

13675

17492

-12307

-1803

-1936

1998-99

73295

37854

44462

9021

3268

5579

1999-00

90098

45458

54549

9907

3125

1312

2000-01

87922

36937

55316

4331

-2378

-1092

2001-02

94261

32665

60398

-1198

3545

3451

2002-03

99727

30699

57179

-11848

-4291

-3100

2003-04

120631

40235

63407

-16989

-526

293

2004-05

107774

21353

39158

-47263

-10232

-2705

2005-06

90084

6060

7013

-77011

-33947

-3844

2006-07

77509

-15672

-24857

-118037

-16324

-1152

2007-08

75455

-24376

-42943

-142773

-13410

1140

2008-09

134589

31634

-12672

-115627

-8959

-1609

2009-10

216101

100197

46663

-69240

35889

186

2010-11

198539

69883

24370

-104286

18687

2515

Note : 1. Data for 2009-10 relate to Revised Estimates while 2010-11 are Budget Estimates.
2. Data relate to 28 State Governments.
3. Negative (-) sign indicates surplus in deficit indicators.
4. Net RBI Credit refers to variation in loans and advances given to States by the RBI net of their incremental deposits with the RBI, for the State Governments having accounts with the RBI. This is an indicator of means of financing.
5. Overall deficit for the years 1982-83, 1983-84 and 1985-86 excludes medium-term loans given by the Centre to the States to clear overdrafts of ` 1743 crore as on March 31, 1982;  ` 400 crore as on March 31, 1983; and ` 1628 crore (for 17 States) as on January 28, 1985, respectively.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Budget documents of the State Governments.