Fiscal Deficit encompasses the Revenue Deficit and the net borrowing required to fund capital expenditure. Since capital expenditure (spending on asset creation) typically exceeds non-debt capital receipts (like disinvestment), the amount needed for capital spending is usually positive.
As compared to revenue deficit, fiscal deficit will always remain
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2008 · Topic: Fiscal Policy & Revenue (Fiscal Deficits: Concepts, measures, and financing of deficits)
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- After deducting grants for the creation of Capital assets from revenue deficit, we arrive at
- Fiscal deficit/GDP ratio has been maximum in the financial year
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- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I List II (Term) (Explanation) I. Fiscal de‐ A) Excess of Total Expenditure ficit over Total Receipts II. Budget B) Excess of Revenue Expenditure deficit over Revenue Receipts C) Excess of Total Expenditure III. Revenover Total Receipts less borrowue deficit ings D) Excess of Total Expenditure IV. Primary over Total Receipts less borrowdeficit ings and Interest Payments
- With reference to the Indian Public Finance consider the following statements: 1. External liabilities reported in Union Budget are based on historical exchange rates 2. The continued high borrowing has kept the real interest rates high in the economy 3. The upward trend in the ratio of Fiscal Deficit to GDP in recent years has an adverse effect to private investments. 4. Interest payments is the single largest component of the non-plan revenue expenditure of the Union Government. Which of these statements are correct?
- Interest payments is the single largest component of the non-plan revenue expenditure of the Union Government. Interest payments on the national debt have historically been, and often remain, the largest single component of the central government's revenue expenditure (previously termed non-plan revenue expenditure before classification changes).
- Fiscal Deficit of the Government of India is closest to