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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.

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2026–27
FY2026–27

This year has only a Budget Estimate so far. Revised Estimates arrive with the following Budget, and the outturn a year after that.

Union Budget 2026–27: prior-year actual, budget estimate, revised estimate, outturn and variance
AggregateActual2025–26Budget2026–27Revised2026–27Actual2026–27BE → ActualvarianceBE → RErevision
Revenue receipts33.02 ₹ lakh crore35.33 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Tax revenue (net to Centre)26.23 ₹ lakh crore28.67 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Non-tax revenue6.79 ₹ lakh crore6.66 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Capital receiptsnot published18.14 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Total receiptsnot published53.47 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Revenue expenditure38.36 ₹ lakh crore41.25 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Interest payments12.43 ₹ lakh crore14.04 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Capital expenditure10.69 ₹ lakh crore12.22 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Total expenditure49.05 ₹ lakh crore53.47 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Fiscal deficit15.19 ₹ lakh crore16.96 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Revenue deficit5.34 ₹ lakh crore5.92 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available
Primary deficit2.77 ₹ lakh crore2.92 ₹ lakh crorenot publishednot publishednot availablenot available

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.

  • CGA Monthly Accounts, 2025-26 provisional

    Controller General of Accounts · supplies the prior-year Actual

    UnverifiedSource record
  • Budget at a Glance 2026-2027

    Ministry of Finance · supplies the Budget Estimate · page 3

    UnverifiedSource record