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The Union Budget · RBI & CGA

Where Every Rupee Actually Goes

The central government will spend over ₹50 lakh crore this year. Before a single scheme, road or soldier, one line eats a quarter of it — interest on money already borrowed. Type a year, then study each head across four decades.

₹11.4 L cr
Interest, FY25 — the biggest line
24%
Of all spending, just to service debt
₹47 L cr
Total Union spending, FY25
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The Stack

Type A Year. See Where The Money Went.

Six heads make up the whole of central spending. Type any year from 1986-87 to 2025-26 — or drag the slider — and the bar rebuilds to that year's actual breakup.

2024-25
Total spending: ₹47.2 L cr
1986-872025-26 (BE)
Pick any year from 1986 to 2025 — type it in the box above, or drag the slider.
Head By Head

Now Take Each Line On Its Own.

Six heads, six charts, four decades each. For every one: switch between its share of the budget and its rupee value, set a custom range, and compare any two years or two periods. Then, at the very end, put them on one axis together.

The Borrowing Loop

Why The Interest Bill Never Really Falls.

Every year the Union spends more than it earns; the gap — the fiscal deficit — is borrowed, and next year's budget carries the interest. The 9.2% COVID spike is still working its way through the interest line.

Together

Put Them On One Axis.

Every head, on one axis. Watch the shares trade places — the moment capital outlay crossed back over interest, or how far "everything else" sits above the rest. Click any chip to drop a line or bring it back.

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by Tushar Gupta · India, in Numbers
Source: Reserve Bank of India, Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy — Table 92 (Major Heads of Expenditure) for spending composition, 1986-87 to 2025-26, and Table 236 (Select Fiscal Indicators, % of GDP) for the deficit. FY 2025-26 is the Budget Estimate; the FY27 deficit target is from the Controller General of Accounts. Defence combines revenue and capital heads; "Everything else" is total spending net of interest, subsidies, defence, capital outlay and loans. Figures in ₹ crore, gross.