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The Public Rupee

Budget versus Actual

What was budgeted, what it was revised to, and what was finally spent. Each stage is read from the Budget at a Glance that reported it, so one row here is a join across editions published up to two years apart.

Covers
2021–22
FY2021–22

This year is closed and audited: the outturn below is the Actual the Government reported in a later Budget at a Glance.

Union Budget 2021–22: prior-year actual, budget estimate, revised estimate, outturn and variance
AggregateActual2020–21Budget2021–22Revised2021–22Actual2021–22BE → ActualvarianceBE → RErevision
Revenue receipts16.34 ₹ lakh crore17.88 ₹ lakh crore20.79 ₹ lakh crore21.70 ₹ lakh crore+3.81 ₹ lakh crore+21.3%+2.91 ₹ lakh crore+16.2%
Tax revenue (net to Centre)14.26 ₹ lakh crore15.45 ₹ lakh crore17.65 ₹ lakh crore18.05 ₹ lakh crore+2.59 ₹ lakh crore+16.8%+2.20 ₹ lakh crore+14.2%
Non-tax revenue2.08 ₹ lakh crore2.43 ₹ lakh crore3.14 ₹ lakh crore3.65 ₹ lakh crore+1.22 ₹ lakh crore+50.2%+70,763 ₹ crore+29.1%
Capital receipts18.76 ₹ lakh crore16.95 ₹ lakh crore16.91 ₹ lakh crore16.24 ₹ lakh crore70,916 ₹ crore4.2%3,748 ₹ crore0.2%
Total receipts35.10 ₹ lakh crore34.83 ₹ lakh crore37.70 ₹ lakh crore37.94 ₹ lakh crore+3.11 ₹ lakh crore+8.9%+2.87 ₹ lakh crore+8.2%
Revenue expenditure30.84 ₹ lakh crore29.29 ₹ lakh crore31.67 ₹ lakh crore32.01 ₹ lakh crore+2.72 ₹ lakh crore+9.3%+2.38 ₹ lakh crore+8.1%
Interest payments6.80 ₹ lakh crore8.10 ₹ lakh crore8.14 ₹ lakh crore8.05 ₹ lakh crore4,202 ₹ crore0.5%+4,090 ₹ crore+0.5%
Capital expenditure4.26 ₹ lakh crore5.54 ₹ lakh crore6.03 ₹ lakh crore5.93 ₹ lakh crore+38,638 ₹ crore+7.0%+48,475 ₹ crore+8.7%
Total expenditure35.10 ₹ lakh crore34.83 ₹ lakh crore37.70 ₹ lakh crore37.94 ₹ lakh crore+3.11 ₹ lakh crore+8.9%+2.87 ₹ lakh crore+8.2%
Fiscal deficit18.18 ₹ lakh crore15.07 ₹ lakh crore15.91 ₹ lakh crore15.85 ₹ lakh crore+77,709 ₹ crore+5.2%+84,277 ₹ crore+5.6%
Revenue deficit14.50 ₹ lakh crore11.41 ₹ lakh crore10.88 ₹ lakh crore10.31 ₹ lakh crore1.10 ₹ lakh crore9.6%52,224 ₹ crore4.6%
Primary deficit11.38 ₹ lakh crore6.97 ₹ lakh crore7.77 ₹ lakh crore7.79 ₹ lakh crore+81,911 ₹ crore+11.8%+80,187 ₹ crore+11.5%

Variance is the later figure less the Budget Estimate, and the percentage is of that Budget Estimate. Colour marks whether the movement is welcome for that particular aggregate — capital expenditure overshooting Budget is not the same news as the fiscal deficit overshooting it — and aggregates with no natural direction stay in plain ink.

Where these numbers come from

No single document states a Budget Estimate beside the outturn it produced — the two are published two years apart. So every cell above carries its own citation, and the variance columns are computed from the cells either side of them rather than read from anywhere.

  • Budget at a Glance 2022-2023

    Ministry of Finance · supplies the prior-year Actual, Budget Estimate, Revised Estimate · page 3

    UnverifiedSource record
  • Budget at a Glance 2023-2024

    Ministry of Finance · supplies the Actual · page 3

    UnverifiedSource record