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What is Capital Expenditure

Capital Expenditure

About Capital Expenditure

What is Capital Expenditure

Capital expenditure is the money spent by the government on the development of machinery, equipment, building, health facilities, education, etc. It also includes the expenditure incurred on acquiring fixed assets like land and investment by the government that gives profits or dividend in future. 

The Budget estimate of the government's capital expenditure for the year 2020-21 was Rs 1,084,748 crore. The revised estimates of capital expenditure for the 2019-20 Budget came at Rs 1,059,472 crore, while the actuals for the 2018-19 Budget stood at Rs 915,670 crore.
 
Understanding capital expenditure
 
Capital spending is associated with investment or development spending, where expenditure
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Updated On : 06 May 2025 | 8:04 PM IST

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Updated On : 05 May 2025 | 11:53 PM IST

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To meet the RE would require a 44 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in capex

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Updated On : 06 Apr 2025 | 10:23 PM IST

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Updated On : 02 Apr 2025 | 7:28 AM IST

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Updated On : 02 Apr 2025 | 12:00 AM IST

Centre's capex spending dropped 35% in February, shows CGA data

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Updated On : 28 Mar 2025 | 10:35 PM IST

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Updated On : 07 Mar 2025 | 8:18 PM IST

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Updated On : 06 Mar 2025 | 8:44 PM IST

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2025 | 4:39 PM IST

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Updated On : 03 Mar 2025 | 11:03 PM IST

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Updated On : 28 Feb 2025 | 11:00 PM IST

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Updated On : 25 Feb 2025 | 12:02 AM IST

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Updated On : 24 Feb 2025 | 1:28 PM IST

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Updated On : 22 Feb 2025 | 4:10 PM IST

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Updated On : 13 Feb 2025 | 1:36 PM IST

Maintaining capex at over 3% is a good benchmark: DEA Secy Ajay Seth

Seth explains the rationale and the Budget fine print

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2025 | 12:09 AM IST

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Updated On : 01 Feb 2025 | 10:29 PM IST

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Updated On : 01 Feb 2025 | 4:26 PM IST

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Updated On : 01 Feb 2025 | 1:56 PM IST

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Updated On : 31 Jan 2025 | 5:01 PM IST