01156nam a22001457a 4500 520138 520138 220704b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Yadav, Sajjan Singh 31823 Harnessing multiplier effect Yojana 66(3), Mar, 2022: p.25-28 In the union budget 2022-23, the finance, minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a trans formative approach to invigorate demand and accelerate economic growth. The approach relies on boosting capital expenditure, both by the public and the private sector. Capital expenditure is non-recurring, long-term expenditure on creation and acquisition of capital assets. Why is capital expenditure so critical? Studies say that capital expenditure has a multiplier effect of 2.45 in the short run and 4.8 in he long term. ‘Simply put, this means that Rs. 1 crpre spend on capital is likely to add Rs. 2.45 crore to the gross domestic product (GDP) in the short term. Cumulative impact of this investment on GDP in the long term is likely to be Rs. 4.8 crore. What is behind this multiplier effect. – Reproduced Yojana BUDGET AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 394208 IIPA IIPA 2022-07-04 66(3), Mar, 2022: p.25-28 AR126802 2022-07-04 AR