India, Aug. 5 -- Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Monday tabled a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) during the monsoon session of assembly, highlighting that the previous government under the Aam Aadmi Party spent way beyond its means leading the state into fiscal deficit.

According to the report, the national capital was in surplus of Rs 4,566 crore during the year 2022-23. However, the fiscal deficit increased consistently during 2019-20 to 2023-24 from Rs 416 crore to Rs 3,934 crore respectively.

The fiscal deficit refers to the difference between revenue and spending of the government.

"The revenue receipts decreased by 9.42 per cent and so the percentage of revenue receipts over GSDP decreased from 6.18 per cent in 2022-23 ...