Is loan granted by the Central Government to a State Government, a revenue expenditure or capital expenditure? Why?
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It is a capital expenditure, as it creates assets for the Central Government in the form a source of regular income. However, grants given to the State Government is a revenue expenditure as it neither reduces liabilities nor creates assets.
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