(a) Effective Revenue Deficit is the difference between revenue deficit and grants for creation of capital assets. In other words,the Effective Revenue Deficit excludes those revenue expenditures which were done in the form of grants for creation of capital assets aka Go CA. Such grants include the grants given under: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission MGNREGA etc