Year

Gross fiscal

deficit

Gross primary deficit

Revenue deficit

Growth Rate

Year

Gross fiscal

deficit

Gross primary deficit

Revenue deficit

Growth Rate

1981-82

6

3.9

−0.6

5.63

1998-99

8.7

3.5

6.1

6.68

1982-83

5.7

3.3

0.2

2.92

1999-00

9.1

3.7

6.0

8.00

1983-84

7

4.6

1

7.85

2000-01

9.2

3.4

6.4

4.15

1984-85

8.6

5.9

1.7

3.96

2001-02

9.6

3.6

6.8

5.39

1985-86

7.7

4.7

1.8

4.16

2002-03

9.3

3.0

6.4

3.88

1986-87

9.5

6.2

2.3

4.31

2003-04

8.3

2.0

5.6

7.97

1987-88

8.8

5.3

2.8

3.53

2004-05

7.2

1.3

3.5

7.05

1988-89

8.2

4.4

2.8

10.16

2005-06

6.5

1.0

2.7

9.48

1989-90

8.6

4.5

3.1

6.13

2006-07

5.1

−0.3

1.3

9.57

1990-91

9.1

4.9

4.1

5.29

2007-08

4.0

−1.2

0.2

9.32

1991-92

6.8

2.2

3.3

1.43

2008-09

8.3

3.3

4.3

6.72

1992-93

6.8

2.1

3.1

5.36

2009-10

9.3

4.5

5.7

8.59

1993-94

8

3.1

4.1

5.68

2010-11

6.9

2.4

3.2

8.91

1994-95

6.9

1.8

3.6

6.39

2011-12

7.6

3.2

4.1

6.69

1995-96

6.3

1.5

3.1

7.29

2012-13

7.4

2.9

3.7

4.47

1996-97

6.1

1.2

3.4

7.97

2013-14

6.69

1.92

3.21

4.70

1997-98

7

2.1

4.0

4.30

2014-15

6.95

2.21

2.96

4.6

2015-16

6.19

1.43

2.36

7.6