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प्रश्न
Distinguish between revenue deficit and fiscal deficit.
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उत्तर
| Sr. No. | Basis of difference | Revenue deficit | Fiscal deficit |
| 1. | Meaning | Excess of revenue expenditure of the government over its revenue receipts. | Excess of the total budget expenditure over total budget receipts net of borrowings. |
| 2. | Significance | The regular receipts of the government are not enough to meet its regular expenditures. | The borrowings of the government, i.e., the debt capital receipts of the government. |
| 3. | Formula | Revenue deficit = Revenue expenditure − Revenue receipts | Fiscal deficit = Total budget expenditure − (Total budget receipts − borrowings) i.e. Fiscal deficit = Borrowings |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fiscal deficit equals :
(a) Interest payments
(b) Borrowings
(c) Interest payments less borrowing
(d) Borrowing less interest payments
Explain 'Revenue Deficit in a Government budget? What does it indicate?
Consider an economy described by the following functions:- C = 20 + 0.80Y, I = 30, G = 50, TR = 100 (a) Find the equilibrium level of income and the autonomous expenditure multiplier in the model. (b) If government expenditure increases by 30, what is the impact on equilibrium income? (c) If a lump-sum tax of 30 is added to pay for the increase in government purchases, how will equilibrium income change?
Explain the relation between government deficit and government debt.
Answer the following question.
In the given figure, what does the gap 'KT' represent? State any two fiscal measures to correct the situation.

Classify the following statement into positive economic or normative economic, with suitable reason:
Government should try to control the rising fiscal deficit.
Regressive tax is that which is ______.
The primary deficit in a government budget is ______.
Assertion (A): Fiscal deficit is measured in terms of borrowings.
Reason (R): External borrowings increases the Fiscal deficit.
Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct alternatives given below:
Statement 1: Fiscal Deficit = Total Budget Expenditure - Total Budget Receipts (Net of borrowing)
Statement 2: Primary Deficit = Fiscal Deficit + Interest Payments.
When the revenue receipts are less than the revenue expenditures in a government budget, this shortfall is termed as
______ in the budget is an important measure of deficit.
______ are those transactions that are undertaken to cover deficit or surplus in autonomous transactions.
Fiscal Deficit equals:
Compare the trends depicted in the figures given below:
| Figure 1: Trends in Fiscal deficit and Primary deficit |
Figure 2: Fiscal deficit as a percent of Budget estimate |
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A Budget Deficit refers to a situation where:
Which of the following formulas correctly defines the Revenue Deficit?
The Primary Deficit shows the borrowing requirement of the government:
Which of the following formulas correctly defines the Primary Deficit?
The Primary Deficit is always smaller than the Fiscal Deficit because:


