Union Budget 2020-21

Actual Actual figures, published in Budget 2022-23.

Total spending
₹35.10 lakh crore
+30.7% on 2019-20 (actual)
Raised without borrowing
₹16.92 lakh crore
Taxes, other revenue, asset sales
Borrowing (fiscal deficit)
₹18.18 lakh crore
9.2% of GDP
Interest payments
₹6.80 lakh crore
42 paise of every rupee of revenue
Capital spending
₹4.26 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.

  1. Borrowing (fiscal deficit)44 paise₹18.18 lakh crore
  2. GST13 paise₹5.49 lakh crore
  3. Income tax12 paise₹4.87 lakh crore
  4. Corporation tax11 paise₹4.58 lakh crore
  5. Excise duties10 paise₹3.92 lakh crore
  6. Non-tax revenue (dividends, interest, fees)5 paise₹2.08 lakh crore
  7. Customs3 paise₹1.35 lakh crore
  8. Loan recoveries and disinvestment1 paisa₹57,626 crore
  9. Other taxesunder 1 paisa₹5,349 crore
  10. Service taxunder 1 paisa₹1,615 crore

Source: Budget at a Glance; Receipts, Budget 2022-23 (Actuals for 2020-21). Official PDF · How it's checked

Where each rupee goes

States' share of taxes, interest, and spending by ministry.

  1. Interest on government debt17 paise₹6.80 lakh crore
  2. States' share of central taxes14 paise₹5.95 lakh crore
  3. Ministry of Defence12 paise₹4.86 lakh crore
  4. Ministry of Rural Development5 paise₹1.98 lakh crore
  5. Ministry of Home Affairs4 paise₹1.44 lakh crore
  6. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers3 paise₹1.30 lakh crore
  7. Ministry of Railways3 paise₹1.12 lakh crore
  8. All other ministries (46)13 paise₹5.17 lakh crore

Source: Receipts; Statement of ministries' expenditure, Budget 2022-23 (Actuals for 2020-21). Official PDF · How it's checked

Announced vs what happened

How far the actual for 2020-21 landed from the Budget Estimate announced in Budget 2020-21. Blue means more than budgeted, red means less.

Largest schemes

Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector schemes, actuals for 2020-21.

  1. Department of Food and Public Distribution

  2. MGNREGA-Programme Component₹1.11 lakh crore

    Department of Rural Development

  3. Urea Subsidy₹90,549 crore

    Department of Fertilisers

  4. Ministry of Railways

  5. Department of Food and Public Distribution

  6. Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare

  7. Ministry of Railways

  8. Road Works₹53,093 crore

    Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

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