RAS question
What percentage of total expenditure was met from revenue receipts in 2023-24?
Correct answer: (C) 75.49%.
In 2023-24, Rajasthan met 75.49 per cent of its total expenditure from revenue receipts.
Explanation
Rajasthan's Economic Review 2024-25 gives the figure directly under the trends of expenditure. For 2023-24, 75.49 per cent of total expenditure was met from revenue receipts, while the remaining expenditure was met from capital receipts and borrowed funds. The percentage matters because revenue receipts represent the regular receipt side used to finance spending, whereas the balance had to come from non-revenue sources. Therefore, among the given choices, 75.49 per cent is the only figure that matches the official statement for 2023-24.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 65 per cent understates the official share, as the Economic Review records 75.49 per cent of total expenditure as met from revenue receipts.
- (B) 80 per cent overstates the official share; the figure for 2023-24 is 75.49 per cent, not 80 per cent.
- (D) 50 per cent is far below the official figure, because the Economic Review records 75.49 per cent of total expenditure as covered by revenue receipts.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan public finance, especially the link between revenue receipts and total expenditure. It recurs in RAS because budget ratios are a standard way to assess the State's fiscal position.