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What is the basis of classifying government expenditure into ‘Revenue Expenditure’ and ‘Capital Expenditure’? Which of these types of expenditure is payment of salaries of government employees and why? 

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The basis of classifying government expenditure into revenue expenditure and capital expenditure is : whether or not an expenditure leads (i) creations of assets or (ii) reduction in liabilities. If yes, it is a capital expenditure. 

If no, it is revenue expenditure.

  • Any expenditure by the Central Government that either creates an asset or reduces a liability is categorized as capital expenditure. 
  • Any expenditure by the Central Government that neither creates asset nor reduces liability is categorized as revenue expenditure.

Payment of salaries to government employees is a revenue expenditure since it neither creates an asset nor reduces a liability.



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