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

8.17

3.20

4.23

1994-95

7.01

1.86

3.71

1995-96

6.47

1.52

3.22

1996-97

6.28

1.21

3.59

1997-98

7.20

2.10

4.19

1998-99

8.91

3.62

6.36

1999-00

9.40

3.77

6.26

2000-01

9.43

3.53

6.69

2001-02

9.86

3.65

7.05

2002-03

9.48

3.04

6.72

2003-04

8.42

2.03

5.87

2004-05

7.20

1.31

3.63

2005-06

6.46

0.96

2.68

2006-07

5.38

-0.01

1.29

2007-08

4.12

-1.13

0.19

2008-09

8.50

3.35

4.14

2009-10

9.59

4.29

5.06

Note  : 1. Data for 2008-09 are Revised Estimates and data for 2009-10 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.