3 Indian & AP Economy and Planning · 3.4.5 Public finance

3.4.5.3 Measures of deficit: revenue, effective revenue, fiscal and primary deficit

A deficit measure tells you how far spending exceeds income and what kind of spending; the fiscal deficit is the headline measure because it equals the government's total borrowing need.

  • APPSC Group 1
  • Advanced level
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Key terms

  • revenue deficit
  • fiscal deficit
  • primary deficit
  • effective revenue deficit
  • budgetary deficit
  • monetised deficit
  • ways and means advances
  • deficit financing

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