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Suppose you are a member of the "Advisory Committee to the Finance Minister of India". The Finance Minister is concerned about the rising Revenue Deficit in the budget.
Suggest anyone measure to control the rising Revenue Deficit of the government.
Concept: Measures of Government Deficit
Answer the following question.
How are capital expenditure different from Revenue expenditure? Discuss briefly.
Concept: Classification of Expenditure
Define "Trade surplus" and "Trade Deficit".
Concept: Types of Budget
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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Concept: Measures of Government Deficit
Identify which of the following is a source of non-institutional credit in the rural areas of India.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
Define agricultural marketing.
Concept: Agricultural Market System
Discuss briefly the importance of micro-credit programmes in rural development.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
‘Under the Ayushmaan Bharat Scheme, the Government provides free medicines to the economically backward section of the society’.
Identify and discuss the nature of the government expenditure indicated in the given statement.
Concept: Classification of Expenditure
Study the following picture and answer the given question:

Women in rural households take up bee-keeping as an entrepreneurial activity. Such kind of activities may be envisaged under ______ as diversification activity.
Concept: Diversification into Productive Activities
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 |
Concept: Measures of Government Deficit
State any two features of public goods.
Concept: Objectives of Government Budget
Micro credit programmes play a vital role in ensuring an overall development of the rural economy as they ______.
- provide financial support
- lead to women empowerment
- enhance the reach of formal credit system
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
State and elaborate whether the following statement is true or false, with valid arguments:
Agricultural marketing is a process that ensures the transportation of various agricultural commodities only.
Concept: Agricultural Market System
State and elaborate whether the following statement is true or false, with valid arguments:
Jan-Dhan Yojana has been a crucial step for financial resource mobilization in the Indian economy.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
Explain the importance of credit availability to farmers in rural development.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
State on which side of capital account/current account will the following transactions be recorded and why:
(i) Interest on loan received from Nepal
(ii) Import of mobile phones from China
Concept: Concept of Balance of Payments >> Capital Account
Compare and analyze the ‘Women Worker Population Ratio’ in Rural and Urban areas based on following information:
| Worker-Population Ratio in India, 2017-2018 |
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| Sex | Worker-Population Ratio | ||
| Total | Rural | Urban | |
| Men | 52.1 | 51.7 | 53.0 |
| Women | 16.5 | 17.5 | 14.2 |
| Total | 34.7 | 35.0 | 33.9 |
Concept: Workers and Employment
Read the following statements carefully:
Statement 1: Export of financial services by India will be recorded on credit side of current account.
Statement 2: Foreign Direct Investments in India will be recorded on credit side of capital account.
In the light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative:
Concept: Concept of Balance of Payments >> Current Account
Assertion (A): Unemployment and poverty are inseparable twins.
Reason(R): Unemployment is the root cause of all socio-economic evils
Concept: Concept of Unemployment
Defend or refute the following statement with a valid explanation:
‘Disguised unemployment is a common form of unemployment in rural India’
Concept: Concept of Unemployment


