Rising revenue deficit, pegged at over 5 per cent of GDPGross fiscal deficit— Centre plus the states— could top 9 per cent, the highest in the decadeGDP growth of 6- 6.5 per cent while the budget calculations are based on 7 per cent Two- thirds of the Centre's revenues going in interest paymentsThe inability of central and state governments to cut subsidies and poitical giveaways70 per cent of the government's annual borrowing target consumed in just three months Rs 10,000 crore disinvestment target not being met due to election hiatusPossibility of a Kargil cess
