On account of some national emergency or in order to carry out some secret mission, the government sometimes requires funds but may not give the details of the expenditure estimates. The House grants some lumpsum for this called :

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• Grants or advances made by the House to enable the government to carry on until the voting of the demands for grants and passing of the General Appropriation Bill is called:
• The budget broadly comprises: (i) revenue budget, and (li) capital budget. Which of the following item or items is/are not covered under the revenue budget? I. Different proceeds of taxes and other duties levied by the government II. Interest and dividend on investments made by the government III. Expenditure on running the government and various services IV. Market loans raised by the government
• Which of the following expenses do not require the sanction of Parliament? I. Salary and allowances of the President and CAG II. Debt charges of the Government III. Defence expenditure IV. Maintenance expenditure of embassies
• Once the demands for grants and expenditure of different departments are passed by the Parliament, a bill to draw money from Consolidated Fund India for these purposes is introduced. This bill is called:
• The annual financial statement shows the receipts and payments of the government under the 3 parts in which government accounts are kept in : 1. Consolidated Fund 2. Contingency Fund 3. Public Account Which of the following items are covered under the Public Account?
• Put in chronological order 1. Constitution of National Planning Committee -by the Indian National Congress under Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Planned Economy for India by Visvesvaraya published 3. Bombay Plan 4. Setting up of the National Development Council
• With reference to the government's welfare schemes, consider the following statements: 1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs. 2 per kg for wheat and Rs.3 per kg for rice. 2. Under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the old and destitute are provided Rs. 75 per month as Central Pension, in addition to the amount provided by most State Government 3. Government of India has allocated 25 kg food grains per below Poverty Line family per month, at less than half the economic cost. Which of these statements are correct? [IAS 2003]
• Funds belonging to Government of India are kept in: 1. Consolidated Fund of India 2. Public Account Fund of India 3. Contingency Fund of India
• Consider the following actions which the Government can take: 1. Devaluing the domestic currency. 2. Reduction in the export subsidy. 3. Adopting suitable policies which attract greater FDI and more funds from FIIs. Which of the above action/actions can help in reducing the current account deficit? [CSAT 2011]
• Oil Pool Deficit is a deficit: 1. in the balance of payments 2. that the government owes to the world bank 3. in the oil pool account 4. that the government owes to the oil companies Choose your answer from: