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Expenditure incurred on interest payments on a state's debt is classified as:

ACapital expenditure

BDiscretionary expenditure

CRevenue expenditure

DNon-plan expenditure

Answer:

C. Revenue expenditure

Read Explanation:

  • Interest payments are a form of recurring expense for a government and are, therefore, a part of its revenue expenditure.


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