Revenue Deficit is equal to ___________________.

Total Expenditure - Revenue Receipts

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Fiscal Deficit - Interest Payments

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The correct option is B Revenue Expenditure - Revenue Receipts
Revenue deficit is related to revenue receipts and revenue expenditure of the government. Revenue deficit is the excess of revenue expenditure over revenue receipts. It does not include items of capital expenditure and capital receipts.

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From the following data about a government budget, find (a) revenue deficit, (b) fiscal deficit, and (c) primary deficit:

Items (Rs in lakh)

(i) Tax revenue 50

(ii) Revenue expenditure 110

(iii) Capital expenditure 210

(iv) Non-tax revenue 30

(v) Capital receipts net of borrowing 140

(vi) Interest payments 20

Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given the lists.

List-I (Type of budget deficit)	List-II (Measurement of deficit)
A. Revenue Deficit	$1$ . Gap between total expenditure and total receipts
B. Fiscal Deficit	$2$ . Excess of revenue expenditure over revenue receipts
C. Primary Deficit	$3$ . Fiscal deficit less interest payments
D. Budgetary Deficit	$4$ . Difference between revenue receipts plus certain non-debt capital receipts and the total expenditure including loans, net of repayments

A government budget shows a primary deficit of Rs. 6,900 crore. The revenue expenditure on interest payment is Rs. 400 crore. How much is the fiscal deficit?

Find (a) fiscal deficit, and (b) primary deficit from the following:

Items (Rs in crore)

Revenue expenditure = 70,000

Borrowings = 15,000

Revenue receipts = 50,000

Interest payments = 25% of revenue deficit.

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Term)	List II (Explanation)
A. Fiscal deficit	1. Excess of total expenditure over receipts
B. Budget deficit	2. Excess of revenue expenditure
C. Revenue deficit	3. Excess of total expenditure over total receipts less borrowings
D. Primary deficit	4. Excess of total expenditure over total receipts less borrowings and interest payments

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Revenue Deficit is equal to ___________________.

The correct option is B Revenue Expenditure - Revenue ReceiptsRevenue deficit is related to revenue receipts and revenue expenditure of the government. Revenue deficit is the excess of revenue expenditure over revenue receipts. It does not include items of capital expenditure and capital receipts.

The correct option is B Revenue Expenditure - Revenue Receipts
Revenue deficit is related to revenue receipts and revenue expenditure of the government. Revenue deficit is the excess of revenue expenditure over revenue receipts. It does not include items of capital expenditure and capital receipts.