Fiscal year 1 January to 31 December. In Hong Kong, the government's financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. In India, the government's financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. It is abbreviated as a FY. Companies following the Indian Depositary Receipt (IDR) are given freedom to choose their financial year. For example, Standard Chartered's IDR follows the UK calendar despite being listed in India. Companies following Indian fiscal year get to know their economical health on 31 March of every Indian financial or fiscal year. The current fiscal year was adopted by the colonial British government in
Fiscal transparency which focuses on 8 key reports centred around the budget. The term budget transparency is generally not used to refer to as wide a concept as fiscal transparency. Fiscal openness refers to fiscal transparency together with direct public participation in fiscal policy formulation and implementation. Following the global financial crisis international fiscal transparency initiatives have increasingly incorporated public participation as a key element in order to promote improved policy formulation and implementation, and to strengthen accountability for fiscal management (see below). The 1997 East Asian financial crisis first prompted the international community to set out a comprehensive codification of what