New Delhi, June 16 -- India's states continued to face mounting fiscal pressures in 2024-25, with all 28 states reporting fiscal deficits and their combined liabilities rising to Rs 90.51 lakh crore as of March 31, 2025, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report State Finances 2024-25 released on Monday.

Presenting the key findings of the report, Shefali Srivastava Andaleeb, Director General (GA-I), CAG, highlighted the widespread fiscal strain across states.

"In the financial year 2024-25, all the 28 States were in fiscal deficit, of which 15 States had fiscal deficits above 3 per cent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). We have analysed these fiscal responsibility indicators state-wise in the publication," An...