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Fiscal Deficit and Its Impact On GDP
Fiscal Deficit and Its Impact On GDP
ITS IMPACT ON
GDP
BY ANOUSHKA MISHRA
BA.LLB(H)2 N D YEAR
REG NO:1841802021
WHAT IS FISCAL DEFICIT
◦ • Fiscal deficit is defined as excess of total budget expenditure over total budget receipts
excluding borrowings during a fiscal year. In simple words ,it is amount of borrowing the
government has to resort to meet its expenses .A large deficit means a large amount of
borrowings. Fiscal deficit is a measure of how much the government needs to borrow from the
market to meet its expenditure when its resources are inadequate.
◦ • In the form of an equation: Fiscal deficit = total expenditure – total receipts excluding
borrowings.
CAUSES OF FISCAL DEFICIT
◦ Excessive Government borrowings
◦ ► High levels of Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
◦ ► High levels of Income and wealth Inequality
◦ ► High levels of Government Subsidy/Financial Support
◦ ► Poor performance of public sector
◦ ► Unplanned major expenses
◦ ► Periods of economic growth and economic decline
Example
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CONSECTETUER ADIPISCING ENIM. FUSCE EST. VIVAMUS A MORBI TRISTIQUE SENECTUS ET
ELIT. TELLUS. NETUS.