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We can illustrate why these three approaches are equivalent with the help of an example.

Imagine an economy with only two businesses, called Khanna Fruits and Sharma Juices. Khanna Fruits owns and operates orange groves. It sells some of its oranges directly to the public. Rest of these oranges are sold to Sharma Juices which is involved in the production and sale of orange juice. The following table shows the transactions of each business during a year.



Khanna Fruits

Wages paid to Khanna Fruits employees

Rs. 15,000

Taxes paid to government

5,000

Revenue received from sale of oranges

35,000

Oranges sold to public

10,000

Oranges sold to Sharma Juices

25,000

Sharma Juices

Wages paid to Sharma Juices employees

Rs. 10,000

Taxes paid to government

2,000

Oranges purchased from Khanna Fruits

25,000

Revenue received from sale of orange juice

40,000