Year

Gross fiscal deficit

Gross primary deficit

Revenue deficit

1

2

3

4

1981-82

6.21

4.01

-0.58

1982-83

5.82

3.39

0.22

1983-84

7.18

4.69

1.05

1984-85

8.83

6.08

2.07

1985-86

7.88

4.82

1.86

1986-87

9.78

6.40

2.42

1987-88

9.06

5.43

2.86

1988-89

8.45

4.58

2.90

1989-90

8.84

4.63

3.20

1990-91

9.41

5.02

4.19

1991-92

7.00

2.27

3.35

1992-93

6.96

2.12

3.15

1993-94

8.19

3.23

4.22

1994-95

7.05

1.90

3.66

1995-96

6.52

1.56

3.18

1996-97

6.33

1.24

3.54

1997-98

7.25

2.13

4.11

1998-99

8.97

3.65

6.32

1999-00

9.47

3.81

6.22

2000-01

9.51

3.57

6.60

2001-02

9.94

3.69

6.99

2002-03

9.57

3.09

6.64

2003-04

8.51

2.07

5.79

2004-05

7.24

1.31

3.54

2005-06

6.49

0.96

2.69

2006-07

5.37

-0.01

1.29

2007-08

4.09

-1.12

0.19

2008-09

8.47

3.39

4.31

2009-10

9.54

4.59

5.74

2010-11

7.32

2.66

3.82

Note : 1. Data for 2009-10 are Revised Estimates and data for 2010-11 are Budget Estimates.
2. Negative (-) sign indicates surplus.
3. Up to 2003-04, the percentages are calculated based on the data for GDP at current market prices with base year 1999-2000, and thereafter, based on GDP at current market prices with base year 2004-2005.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source  Budget documents of Government of India and the State Governments.