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India's April-May fiscal deficit at $32.8 billion - govt

Oil tankers are seen parked at a yard outside a fuel depot on the outskirts of Kolkata February 3, 2015. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/Files

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's fiscal deficit during April-May touched 2,086.24 billion rupees ($32.8 billion), or 37.5 percent of the target for the 2015/16 fiscal year ending in March 2016, government data showed on Tuesday. The deficit was 45.3 percent during the same period a year ago. ($1 = 63.6120 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Malini Menon)