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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
2024–25
FY2024–25

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

Union Budget 2024–25: prior-year actual, budget estimate, revised estimate, outturn and variance
AggregateActual2023–24Budget2024–25Revised2024–25Actual2024–25BE → ActualvarianceBE → RErevision
Revenue receipts27.29 ₹ lakh crore31.29 ₹ lakh crore30.88 ₹ lakh crore30.37 ₹ lakh crore92,581 ₹ crore3.0%41,240 ₹ crore1.3%
Tax revenue (net to Centre)23.27 ₹ lakh crore25.83 ₹ lakh crore25.57 ₹ lakh crore25.00 ₹ lakh crore83,460 ₹ crore3.2%26,539 ₹ crore1.0%
Non-tax revenue4.02 ₹ lakh crore5.46 ₹ lakh crore5.31 ₹ lakh crore5.37 ₹ lakh crore9,121 ₹ crore1.7%14,701 ₹ crore2.7%
Capital receipts17.14 ₹ lakh crore16.91 ₹ lakh crore16.29 ₹ lakh crore16.16 ₹ lakh crore75,063 ₹ crore4.4%62,785 ₹ crore3.7%
Total receipts44.43 ₹ lakh crore48.21 ₹ lakh crore47.16 ₹ lakh crore46.53 ₹ lakh crore1.68 ₹ lakh crore3.5%1.04 ₹ lakh crore2.2%
Revenue expenditure34.94 ₹ lakh crore37.09 ₹ lakh crore36.98 ₹ lakh crore36.01 ₹ lakh crore1.08 ₹ lakh crore2.9%11,343 ₹ crore0.3%
Interest payments10.64 ₹ lakh crore11.63 ₹ lakh crore11.38 ₹ lakh crore11.16 ₹ lakh crore47,365 ₹ crore4.1%25,000 ₹ crore2.1%
Capital expenditure9.49 ₹ lakh crore11.11 ₹ lakh crore10.18 ₹ lakh crore10.52 ₹ lakh crore59,158 ₹ crore5.3%92,682 ₹ crore8.3%
Total expenditure44.43 ₹ lakh crore48.21 ₹ lakh crore47.16 ₹ lakh crore46.53 ₹ lakh crore1.68 ₹ lakh crore3.5%1.04 ₹ lakh crore2.2%
Fiscal deficit16.55 ₹ lakh crore16.13 ₹ lakh crore15.70 ₹ lakh crore15.74 ₹ lakh crore38,881 ₹ crore2.4%43,785 ₹ crore2.7%
Revenue deficit7.65 ₹ lakh crore5.80 ₹ lakh crore6.10 ₹ lakh crore5.64 ₹ lakh crore15,905 ₹ crore2.7%+29,897 ₹ crore+5.2%
Primary deficit5.91 ₹ lakh crore4.50 ₹ lakh crore4.32 ₹ lakh crore4.59 ₹ lakh crore+8,484 ₹ crore+1.9%18,785 ₹ crore4.2%

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 2025-2026

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

    UnverifiedSource record
  • CGA Monthly Accounts, up to July 2024

    Controller General of Accounts · supplies the Budget Estimate

    UnverifiedSource record
  • CGA Monthly Accounts, up to January 2025

    Controller General of Accounts · supplies the Revised Estimate

    UnverifiedSource record
  • Budget at a Glance 2026-2027

    Ministry of Finance · supplies the Actual · page 3

    UnverifiedSource record
  • Budget at a Glance 2024-2025

    Ministry of Finance · supplies the Budget Estimate · page 3

    UnverifiedSource record
  • CGA Monthly Accounts, up to April 2024

    Controller General of Accounts · supplies the Budget Estimate

    UnverifiedSource record