The substantial deceleration in the nominal GDP growth reflects poorly on the government’s fiscal marksmanship. In other words, it signifies that the government was not able to assess the magnitude of economic growth deceleration that was underway. The poor fiscal marksmanship, in turn, leads to inaccurate policymaking because a government could end up making policies for an economy that does not actually exist on the ground. The fiscal policy 2019-20 was characterized by sluggish growth in Tax revenue relative to the budget estimates. The Non-Tax revenue registered the considerably higher growth in the first eight months of this financial year compared to the same period last year. The country's fiscal deficit widened to 4.6 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product in the year 2019-20 mainly on account of poor revenue realisation, according to official data. The deficit, which signifies the gap between government revenue and expenditure, is higher than the revised estimate of 3.8 per cent for the fiscal.