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Define the capital receipts of a government.

Capital receipts are those receipts that either increases the liability or reduces the asset holding of the government. These receipts mainly include those receipts which are received in long term. The main items of capital receipt are borrowing by the government from different sources, grants received from foreign countries etc. It comes under the liabilities side of the government balance sheet.


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