Welcome to the latest edition of "Inside India" — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world's fastest-growing large economy. This week, I unpack what's driving India to meet its often-missed disinvestment target. The last time the Indian government met its disinvestment goal — target for stake sales in state-owned firms — was in the financial year ending March 2019. And LIC alone surpasses that number by a good margin, signaling the state's increasing proclivity toward raising funds without widening the fiscal deficit. Its fiscal deficit at the end of June was 3.1 trillion rupees, or 18.2% of the budget estimate for the financial year ending March 2027.