Primary Deficit (PD) = __________. (a) Total Expenditure − Total Revenue (b) Fiscal Deficit − Interest Payment (c) Total Revenue Expenditure − Total Revenue Receipts (d) Budget Deficit − Government Market borrowings and liabilities

> > [!TLDR] > Primary Deficit = Fiscal Deficit − Interest Payment — option (b). > > In the Tamil Nadu HSC Class-12 Economics (Fiscal Economics) syllabus, the measures of budget deficit are related as follows: > - **Fiscal Deficit** = Total Expenditure − Total Receipts (excluding borrowings), showing total government borrowing. > - **Primary Deficit** = Fiscal Deficit − Interest Payments. > …

Primary Deficit (PD) = _____. (a) Total Expenditure − Total Revenue (b) Fiscal Deficit − Interest Payment (c)

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Q. Primary Deficit (PD) = __________.

(a) Total Expenditure − Total Revenue

(b) Fiscal Deficit − Interest Payment

(d) Budget Deficit − Government Market borrowings and liabilities

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Primary Deficit = Fiscal Deficit − Interest Payment — option (b).

In the Tamil Nadu HSC Class-12 Economics (Fiscal Economics) syllabus, the measures of budget deficit are related as follows:

Fiscal Deficit = Total Expenditure − Total Receipts (excluding borrowings), showing total government borrowing.
Primary Deficit = Fiscal Deficit − Interest Payments. …

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