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Exploration of off-budget borrowings and their effects on government finances, including examples from the Food Corporation of India. Discusses strategies to address off-budget borrowings, such as spreading the burden, increasing the tax base, rationalizing expenditure, and addressing data gaps.
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- Off-budget borrowings create a fiscal deficit, indicating the government's spending beyond its means.
- To address off-budget borrowings, increasing transparency and adopting consistent accounting practices are crucial.
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Off-budget borrowings and fiscal deficit
When governments have insufficient receipts to support routine and capital expenditure, they resort to off-budget borrowings. This creates a fiscal deficit, which indicates the government's spending beyond its means. Off-budget borrowings involve borrowing indirectly through another public entity, allowing the debt to not show up in the government's books. However, this lack of transparency can lead to a debt spiral and hinder future growth.
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