What are Capital Receipts

The Union Budget, which is presented by the Finance Minister of India, comprises Capital Budget and Revenue Budget. The Capital Budget is further categorised into capital receipts and capital expenditure.

 

What are Capital Receipts?

 

Capital receipts are receipts that create liabilities or reduce financial assets. They also refer to incoming cash flows. Capital receipts can be both non-debt and debt receipts. Loans from the general public, foreign governments and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) form a crucial part of capital receipts.

The Budget estimate of the government's capital receipts for the year 2020-21 was Rs 1,074,306 crore. The revised estimates