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Components (Structure) of the Government Budget

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CISCE: Class 12
National Testing Agency: Class 12

Components (Structure) of the Government Budget

  • The government budget is divided into two parts: Revenue Budget and Capital Budget.
  • This division is required by the Constitution.
  • The budget covers estimated receipts and expenditure for a fiscal year.

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Revenue Budget

Revenue Receipts

  • Do not create a liability or reduce assets for the government.
  • Do not involve sale of assets.
  • Examples: income tax, excise duty, interest received, dividends, service fees.

Revenue Expenditure

  • Spending on day-to-day functioning of the government.
  • Does not create assets or reduce liabilities.
  • Examples: interest payments, subsidies, law and order, defence.
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Capital Budget

Capital Receipts

  • Create a liability OR reduce assets for the government
  • Examples: public borrowing, loans from RBI and foreign sources, repayments by states/PSUs, disinvestment proceeds

Capital Expenditure

  • Spending that creates physical or financial assets OR reduces liabilities
  • Examples: land, buildings, machinery, equipment, shares, loans and advances to states and PSUs
CBSE: Class 12
CISCE: Class 12
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Key Points: Components (Structure) of the Government Budget

  • The government budget has two main parts: Revenue Budget and Capital Budget.
  • Revenue receipts do not create liabilities or reduce/sell assets.
  • Revenue expenditure covers day-to-day operations and does not create assets or reduce liabilities.
  • Capital receipts either create a liability or reduce government assets.
  • Capital expenditure creates physical/financial assets or reduces liabilities.
  • Disinvestment proceeds, public borrowing, and RBI/foreign loans are examples of capital receipts.
  • Land, buildings, machinery, and loans to states/PSUs are examples of capital expenditures.
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