Budget 2024: Fiscal Prudence Improves Inflation Outlook, Says AMFI Chairperson

The budget tried to strike a balance between the objectives of growth momentum and near-term consolidation, says Navneet Munot.

File photo of Navneet Munot (Source: CFA Society New York official website)

If India remains on the path of fiscal consolidation, it creates a better outlook for inflation, subsequently creating space for the Reserve Bank of India to ease monetary condition over a period of time, Navneet Munot, chairperson of the Association of Mutual Funds in India said on Thursday.

"It's a critical input for both the RBI as what the government is doing on fiscal side, and as well as supply-side," Munot told NDTV Profit.

Fiscal consolidation gives more independence to the central bank on the monetary policy side, he said.

The Union government has set a fiscal deficit target of 5.1% for the next financial year, with gross borrowing pegged at Rs 14.13 lakh crore, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, while presenting the interim budget 2024 in Parliament.

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Munot cautioned about the global developments for inflation trajectory and monetary policy outlook.

He sees better prospects in the long-term rather than short-term as many other factors apart from outcome of the budget could affect the capital inflows to Indian equities.

Munot highlighted that the budget tried to strike a balance between the objectives of growth momentum and near-term consolidation.

"We need to balance both—growth impetus over the period of time. Growth will help us bring down the public debt to GDP. At the same time, the near-term consolidation," he said. 

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