Union Budget 2024-25
Actual Actual figures, published in Budget 2026-27.
Total spending
₹46.53 lakh crore
+4.7% on 2023-24 (actual)
Raised without borrowing
₹30.78 lakh crore
Taxes, other revenue, asset sales
Borrowing (fiscal deficit)
₹15.74 lakh crore
4.8% of GDP
Interest payments
₹11.16 lakh crore
37 paise of every rupee of revenue
Capital spending
₹10.52 lakh crore
23% 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 2026-27 (Actuals for 2024-25). 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 2026-27 (Actuals for 2024-25). Official PDF · How it's checked
Announced vs what happened
How far the actual for 2024-25 landed from the Budget Estimate announced in Budget 2024-25. Blue means more than budgeted, red means less.
- Total spending−3.5%Budget ₹48.21 lakh crore → Actual ₹46.53 lakh crore
- Budget ₹11.11 lakh crore → Actual ₹10.52 lakh crore
- Budget ₹25.83 lakh crore → Actual ₹25.00 lakh crore
- Non-tax revenue−1.7%Budget ₹5.46 lakh crore → Actual ₹5.37 lakh crore
- Budget ₹16.13 lakh crore → Actual ₹15.74 lakh crore
- Ministry of Defence+2.3%Budget ₹6.22 lakh crore → Actual ₹6.36 lakh crore
- Budget ₹2.78 lakh crore → Actual ₹2.99 lakh crore
- Ministry of Railways−0.1%Budget ₹2.55 lakh crore → Actual ₹2.55 lakh crore
- Budget ₹2.23 lakh crore → Actual ₹2.15 lakh crore
- Budget ₹2.20 lakh crore → Actual ₹2.25 lakh crore
- Budget ₹1.80 lakh crore → Actual ₹1.79 lakh crore
Largest schemes
Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector schemes, actuals for 2024-25.