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प्रश्न
‘The fiscal deficit gives the borrowing requirement of the government’. Elucidate.
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उत्तर
Fiscal deficit is the excess of total expenditure over total receipts.
That is, when total government expenditure is greater that total government receipts, the government faces fiscal deficit.
Fiscal deficit is estimated as:-
Total Expenditure (revenue + capital) − Total Receipts (excluding borrowings).
Fiscal deficit gives an indication to the government about the total borrowing requirements from all sources. Fiscal deficit can be financed through domestic borrowings and/or borrowings from abroad. Greater fiscal deficit implies greater borrowings by the government.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fiscal deficit equals :
(a) Interest payments
(b) Borrowings
(c) Interest payments less borrowing
(d) Borrowing less interest payments
Are fiscal deficits inflationary?
Answer the following question.
In the given figure, what does the gap 'KT' represent? State any two fiscal measures to correct the situation.

Fiscal deficit = ______.
| S. No. | Content | Rs (in crores) |
| 1. | Revenue Expenditure | 100 |
| 2. | Capital Receipts | 40 |
| 3. | Net Borrowings | 38 |
| 4. | Net Interest Payments | 27 |
| 5. | Tax Revenue | 50 |
| 6. | Non-tax Revenue | 15 |
Which of the following is MOST LIKELY to be the main contributor to the fiscal deficit in this case?
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.
Which of the following statements are correct
Statement 1: Fiscal deficits are not necessarily inflationary; though, they are generally regarded as inflationary.
Statement 2: When the government expenditure increases and tax reduces, there is a government deficit and there will be a corresponding increase in the aggregate demand.
______ are those transactions that are undertaken to cover deficit or surplus in autonomous transactions.
Which of the following transactions are correct about ORT?
How do we get the primary deficit from the fiscal deficit?
Which of the following points are related to the current alarm?
Identify the correctly matched pair of the items in Column A to those in Column B:
| Column A | Column B | ||
| 1 | Fiscal Deficit | (a) | Other than interest payments |
| 2 | Primary Deficit | (b) | Borrowings less interest payments |
| 3 | Revenue Deficit | (c) | Borrowings |
| 4 | Tax Deficit | (d) | Borrowings in government budget |
Which of the following statements is true?
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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How good is the system of G.S.T as compared to the old tax system?
On the basis of the given information, calculate the value of:
- Fiscal deficit
- Primary deficit
| S.No. | Items | 2021-22 (₹ in crore) |
| (i) | Revenue Receipts | 20 |
| (ii) | Capital Expenditure | 15 |
| (iii) | Revenue Deficit | 10 |
| (iv) | Non-debt creating capital receipts | 50% of revenue receipts |
| (v) | Interest Payments | 4 |


