Union Budget 2023-24
Actual Actual figures, published in Budget 2025-26.
Total spending
₹44.43 lakh crore
+6.0% on 2022-23 (actual)
Raised without borrowing
₹27.89 lakh crore
Taxes, other revenue, asset sales
Borrowing (fiscal deficit)
₹16.55 lakh crore
5.6% of GDP
Interest payments
₹10.64 lakh crore
39 paise of every rupee of revenue
Capital spending
₹9.49 lakh crore
21% 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 2025-26 (Actuals for 2023-24). 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 2025-26 (Actuals for 2023-24). Official PDF · How it's checked
Announced vs what happened
How far the actual for 2023-24 landed from the Budget Estimate announced in Budget 2023-24. Blue means more than budgeted, red means less.
- Total spending−1.3%Budget ₹45.03 lakh crore → Actual ₹44.43 lakh crore
- Budget ₹10.01 lakh crore → Actual ₹9.49 lakh crore
- Budget ₹23.31 lakh crore → Actual ₹23.27 lakh crore
- Non-tax revenue+33.2%Budget ₹3.02 lakh crore → Actual ₹4.02 lakh crore
- Budget ₹17.87 lakh crore → Actual ₹16.55 lakh crore
- Ministry of Defence+2.7%Budget ₹5.94 lakh crore → Actual ₹6.10 lakh crore
- Budget ₹2.70 lakh crore → Actual ₹2.76 lakh crore
- Ministry of Railways+1.9%Budget ₹2.41 lakh crore → Actual ₹2.46 lakh crore
- Budget ₹2.06 lakh crore → Actual ₹2.32 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.96 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.97 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.78 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.91 lakh crore
Largest schemes
Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector schemes, actuals for 2023-24.