Food Subsidy to Food Corporation of India under National Food Security Act.
Central Sector SchemeMinistry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Actually spent, 2023-24
₹1.40 lakh crore
+1.8% vs budget of ₹1.37 lakh crore
Not listed after Budget 2025-26. Schemes are often renamed, merged into a larger scheme or closed; the budget documents don't always say which. Search the schemes list for a successor (for example, the mid-day meal scheme continues as PM POSHAN).
Allocation and spending
Outcome (actual, or revised where actuals aren't out yet) and the amount announced in each budget.
- Outcome
- Announced in the budget
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| Year | Outcome | Announced in the budget |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | ₹1,12,000 crore | – |
| 2016-17 | ₹78,334.61 crore | – |
| 2017-18 | ₹61,981.69 crore | ₹1,07,138.60 crore (BE) |
| 2018-19 | ₹70,098 crore | ₹1,38,123 crore (BE) |
| 2019-20 | ₹75,000 crore | ₹1,51,000 crore (BE) |
| 2020-21 | ₹4,62,789 crore | ₹77,982.54 crore (BE) |
| 2021-22 | ₹2,08,929 crore | ₹2,02,616 crore (BE) |
| 2022-23 | ₹2,00,219.20 crore | ₹1,45,919.90 crore (BE) |
| 2023-24 | ₹1,39,661.03 crore | ₹1,37,207 crore (BE) |
| 2024-25 | – | – |
| 2025-26 | – | – |
| 2026-27 | – | – |
Expenditure Profile Statement 4B, Budgets 2017-18 to 2026-27.
Every figure
| Year | Budget Estimate | Revised Estimate | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | – | – | ₹1,12,000 crore |
| 2016-17 | – | ₹1,00,000 crore | ₹78,334.61 crore |
| 2017-18 | ₹1,07,138.60 crore | ₹1,01,981.69 crore | ₹61,981.69 crore |
| 2018-19 | ₹1,38,123 crore | ₹1,40,098 crore | ₹70,098 crore |
| 2019-20 | ₹1,51,000 crore | ₹75,000 crore | ₹75,000 crore |
| 2020-21 | ₹77,982.54 crore | ₹3,44,077 crore | ₹4,62,789 crore |
| 2021-22 | ₹2,02,616 crore | ₹2,10,929 crore | ₹2,08,929 crore |
| 2022-23 | ₹1,45,919.90 crore | ₹2,14,696 crore | ₹2,00,219.20 crore |
| 2023-24 | ₹1,37,207 crore | ₹1,39,662 crore | ₹1,39,661.03 crore |
Each figure links to the official PDF it was read from. Budget Estimates come from that year's budget, Revised Estimates from the next, Actuals from the one after.