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How the government gets and spends Rs1,10,87,49,00,00,000

How the government gets and spends Rs1,10,87,49,00,00,000

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Taxpayers believe the economy is driven on the strength of the taxes they pay. But a closer scrutiny of government spending shows that individuals fund only 10% of the total expenses in a year.

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With a little under one-third of the government’s annual expenses financed from market loans, we do indeed pay, but indirectly, through inflation. The fact that India spends only Rs14 out of every Rs100 on developing assets and the rest goes in funding salaries and wages of government employees is a cause for serious concern.

The fact that interest payments account for one-fifth of total expenditure while only 2% is paid for police services, is a frighteningly revealing statistic in itself.

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Published: 27 Feb 2010, 01:26 AM IST
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