Professional Documents
Culture Documents
- Grant-in-Aid (अनद
ु ान) to States & Local Bodies for Disaster 4.7 lakh cr.
Management, Panchayati Raj Development etc. as per Finance
Commission recommendations. Additionally, Govt also gives grants
to foreign countries for its soft-diplomacy.
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Defense related revenue expenditure (e.g. soldier salaries, fuel for tanks) 2 lakh cr
Pension to retired employees (In the last 3 years it has kept rising.) 1.9 lakh cr
➢ Economic services related revenue expenditure (Agriculture, energy, Fig. not imp.
transport, communication, Science technology)
➢ Social services related revenue expenditure ( health, education,
social security):
➢ Expenditure on Administrative machinery (Police, Jail, External
Affairs etc.), Elections, Parliament, Judiciary:
➢ Revenue expenditures of UT without Legislature:
Total Revenue Receipts (Tax + Non Tax Receipts) कुल राजसि प्राप््तयां ~20 lakh cr
Projected GDP for 2019-20 is ₹ 210 lakh crores. So Revenue Deficit as a ____%
percentage of GDP = (4.7 lakh crore /210 lakh crore)*100. =
Tax doesn’t promise specific and direct A specific benefit is promised e.g. 6000 to
goods/services to the taxpayer. (Mukesh farmers, idlis @₹ 1 rupee in Amma Canteen
Ambani will still be subjected to potholes) (Tamilnadu).
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✓ So better to abolish all type of subsidies and directly deposit a specific sum of money
into beneficiary’s bank account to help him buy goods/services from open market =
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (UBI): More in Pillar#6.