Maruti- Abettor in Plunder

expenditure and this had declined to around 45 per cent by 1973-74. Here also there has been some increase more recently, the proportion being 58.8 per cent in 1979-80 (budget estimates) and 58.9 per cent in 1978-79 (revised estimates). But here again a significant part of the increase is accounted for by the inclusion in developmental expenditure of expenditures such as on subsidies on fertilisers and on export promotion. The amount of subsidies included in developmental expenditure was Rs 768 crores in Rs 877 crores in 1979-80. Total developmental