Union Budget 2021-22
Actual Actual figures, published in Budget 2023-24.
Total spending
₹37.94 lakh crore
+8.1% on 2020-21 (actual)
Raised without borrowing
₹22.09 lakh crore
Taxes, other revenue, asset sales
Borrowing (fiscal deficit)
₹15.85 lakh crore
6.7% of GDP
Interest payments
₹8.05 lakh crore
37 paise of every rupee of revenue
Capital spending
₹5.93 lakh crore
16% 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 2023-24 (Actuals for 2021-22). 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 2023-24 (Actuals for 2021-22). Official PDF · How it's checked
Announced vs what happened
How far the actual for 2021-22 landed from the Budget Estimate announced in Budget 2021-22. Blue means more than budgeted, red means less.
- Total spending+8.9%Budget ₹34.83 lakh crore → Actual ₹37.94 lakh crore
- Budget ₹5.54 lakh crore → Actual ₹5.93 lakh crore
- Budget ₹15.45 lakh crore → Actual ₹18.05 lakh crore
- Non-tax revenue+50.2%Budget ₹2.43 lakh crore → Actual ₹3.65 lakh crore
- Budget ₹15.07 lakh crore → Actual ₹15.85 lakh crore
- Ministry of Defence+4.7%Budget ₹4.78 lakh crore → Actual ₹5.01 lakh crore
- Budget ₹2.57 lakh crore → Actual ₹3.07 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.67 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.69 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.34 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.62 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.32 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.23 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.18 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.24 lakh crore
Largest schemes
Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector schemes, actuals for 2021-22.