Union Budget 2017-18
Actual Actual figures, published in Budget 2019-20.
Total spending
₹21.42 lakh crore
+8.4% on 2016-17 (actual)
Raised without borrowing
₹15.51 lakh crore
Taxes, other revenue, asset sales
Borrowing (fiscal deficit)
₹5.91 lakh crore
3.5% of GDP
Interest payments
₹5.29 lakh crore
37 paise of every rupee of revenue
Capital spending
₹2.63 lakh crore
12% of all spending
Where each rupee comes from
Out of every ₹1 the Centre raises, before handing states their share of taxes.
Source: Budget at a Glance; Receipts, Budget 2019-20 (Actuals for 2017-18). Official PDF · How it's checked
Where each rupee goes
States' share of taxes, interest, and spending by ministry.
Source: Receipts; Statement of ministries' expenditure, Budget 2019-20 (Actuals for 2017-18). Official PDF · How it's checked
Announced vs what happened
How far the actual for 2017-18 landed from the Budget Estimate announced in Budget 2017-18. Blue means more than budgeted, red means less.
- Total spending−0.2%Budget ₹21.47 lakh crore → Actual ₹21.42 lakh crore
- Budget ₹3.10 lakh crore → Actual ₹2.63 lakh crore
- Budget ₹12.27 lakh crore → Actual ₹12.42 lakh crore
- Non-tax revenue−33.3%Budget ₹2.89 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.93 lakh crore
- Budget ₹5.47 lakh crore → Actual ₹5.91 lakh crore
- Ministry of Defence+5.5%Budget ₹3.60 lakh crore → Actual ₹3.80 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.54 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.10 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.08 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.10 lakh crore
- Budget ₹97,187 crore → Actual ₹1.02 lakh crore
- Budget ₹79,686 crore → Actual ₹80,215 crore
- Budget ₹70,578 crore → Actual ₹67,158 crore
Largest schemes
Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector schemes, actuals for 2017-18.