Assertion (A): Primary Deficit is the Root Cause of Fiscal Deficit.
Reason (R): High Primary Deficit indicates that interest commitments (on earlier loans) have forced the government to borrow.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False
d) Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is true.
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c) Primary deficit only represents current year borrowing requirement of the government. It doesn not include interest on past loans.
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