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CBI gives clean chit to Mulayam Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav

New Delhi | The Central Bureau of Investigation gave a clean chit to former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.

In its affidavit, CBI says it conducted a preliminary enquiry and found that the allegations of disproportionate assets could not be substantiated and the enquiry was closed after submitting a report to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in 2013.

“No prima facie evidence of commission of offence was found during enquiry and the enquiry was not converted into and FIR,” the affidavit said.

The CBI also said that no enquiry has taken place regarding the duo after 2013.

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Finance Minister: Government committed to meet fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent this year

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Piyush Goyal

The government is committed to meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent for the current fiscal, interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said.

The government will maintain stability in the economy and meet all economic parameters fixed by the government, he said today at an event here.

“I can assure that we will meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent, despite this being an election year,” he said.

Fiscal deficit stood at 3.53 per cent of the GDP, broadly in line with the government’s revised estimates for 2017-18.

The revenue deficit was 2.65 per cent of the GDP. In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit was Rs 5.91 lakh crore, or 99.5 per cent, of the Budget estimates.

The government, in the Budget in February, had revised the fiscal deficit target for 2017-18 to 3.5 per cent from the earlier estimate of 3.2 per cent.

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