Components of Government
Budget
-by Aditi Mahale XII-C 03
Meaning of Government Budget
Government Budget is an annual statement, showing items of receipts
and expenditures during a fiscal year.
Budget is prepared by all levels of government. The receipts and
expenditures showed in a government budget are estimated values for the
coming fiscal year.
The budget reveals the financial performance of the government in last
year and financial policies for the coming year.
Components of Budget
Component of budget refers to structure of the budget.
Components
Revenue Budget Capital Budget
Budget Receipts
It refers to the estimated money receipts of the government from all sources during a given
fiscal year.
It refer to those receipts which neither creates any
Revenue Receipts liability nor any reduction in the assets of the
government.
Budget Receipts
It refers to those receipts which either creates
Capital Receipts a liability or cause a reduction in the assets
of the government.
Types of Revenue Receipt
Revenue Receipts
Non- Tax Revenue
Tax Revenue
(Interest, Profits, Fees, Fines,
(Direct & Indirect Tax)
Gifts, etc.)
Tax revenue refers to the sum of receipts from Non-tax revenue refers to receipts from all
taxes and other duties imposed by the sources other than those of tax receipts.
government.
Types of Capital Receipts
Sources of Capital Receipts
Other receipts
Borrowings Recovery of Loans
(Disinvestment & Savings)
They are funds raised by the Government grants various Disinvestment leads to reduction
government to meet excess loans to state govt or union of assets of the government, and
expenditure. territories. Savings lead to an increase in
liability.
Budget Expenditure
It refers to the estimated expenditure of the government during a given fiscal year.
It refers to the expenditure which neither
Revenue Expenditure creates any assets nor causes any
reduction in the liability of the
government.
Ex. Payment of salaries, pension, expenditure on health services, etc.
Budget Expenditure
It refers to the expenditure which
Capital Expenditure either creates an asset or causes a
reduction in liability of the
government.
Ex. Loans to State, expenditure on metro, flyover, repayment of
borrowing, etc.