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FISCAL POLICY
Uzma Siddiqui (PUCIT)
Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Policy
• The use of government spending and taxation to
promote economy
According to Semuelson:

“Fiscal policy is concerned with all those activities which
are adopted by the government to collect revenues and
make the expenditures so that economic stability could
be attained without inflation and deflation”
Budget:
 The budget is a financial statement showing the
estimate of receipts and expenditures
 Budget is an anti-inflationary as the objective is to
check inflation and sustain high growth of economy.
Budget

Revenue
Budget

Revenue
Receipt

Capital
Budget

Revenue
Expenditure

Capital
Receipt

Capital
Expenditure
ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE

 Collection of Revenues
 Spending of Revenues
ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE ( cont.)
• Collection of Revenues
 Taxes
 Fees
 Fines
 Loan
– Internal Loans
– External Loans
ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE ( cont.)

Spending of Revenues
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Productive
Non-Productive
• Productive
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Dams
Roads
Mills
Bridges
Railways
Electricity Plants
Engineering unit

Non-Productive
Health
Education
Defense
Justice
Social Security
Embassies
Politics
Types of Fiscal policy

• Neutral Fiscal policy
• Expansionary Fiscal policy
• Contractionary Fiscal policy
Neutral Fiscal policy

G=T (Govt. spending = Tax Revenue)
neutral effect on economy
Expansionary Fiscal policy
• Expansionary fiscal policy means that the government is increasing
government spending and reducing taxation in an attempt to increase the
money available in the economy.
G>T
T

G

Contractionary Fiscal policy
• Contractionary fiscal policy is when the government increases taxation and
reduces government spending in an attempt to reduce money in the
economy and as a result inflation.
G<T
T

G
Budget Deficit:
• A government’s budget deficit is the difference between what
it spends (G) and what it collects in taxes (T) in a given period:

B u d g e t d e fic it ≡ G − T

Budget Surplus:
•The amount by which a government income exceeds its
spending
•Effective tool to achieve the objective of price

stability
Objectives

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To Achieve Equal Distribution of Wealth
Increase in Savings
Degree of inflation
To Achieve Economic Stability
Price stability
Limitation of Fiscal Policy:
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Lack of Elasticity
Illiteracy
Limited Sector
inadequate Statistics
Delay in decision
Islamic Point of view:
• Equally Distribution Of Resources
• Collect Zakat from rich

 Islamic Sources of Revenue
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Zakat
Ushar
Fitrana
Sadqat
Khaiarat
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Where are we

now?

• Recent economic issues in Pakistan
WE ARE DIFFERENT – A LOT OF SPACE TO COVER

Girl in search of water

Man on the moon
WE ARE DIFFERENT – A LOT OF SPACE TO COVER
Child labour scavenging food
Survival
or
Growth

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Suggestions and
Recommendations
–Road map
Maintain fiscal
prudence by
keeping fiscal
deficit low
Keeping
inflation under
control

growth
momentum

Improving
social
indicators
Thank You

Fiscal policy