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Union Budget 2026-27: who spends what
Spending by each ministry and department (each "demand for grants") in the Union Budget, with last year's estimates and the latest actuals. Total spending in 2026-27: ₹53.47 lakh crore.
The fifteen largest demands
₹ lakh crore, 2026-27 Budget Estimates
All 102 demands
| Ministry / department | 2024-25 Actuals | 2025-26 BE | 2025-26 RE | 2026-27 BE | BE vs last RE | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest Payments (Demand No. 39) | 1,116 | 1,276 | 1,274 | 1,404 | +10.2% | 26.3% |
| Transfers to States (Demand No. 42) | 299 | 328 | 356 | 394 | +10.6% | 7.4% |
| Defence Services (Revenue) (Demand No. 20) | 291 | 312 | 350 | 365 | +4.5% | 6.8% |
| Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (Demand No. 86) | 299 | 287 | 287 | 310 | +7.9% | 5.8% |
| Ministry of Railways (Demand No. 85) | 255 | 255 | 255 | 281 | +10.1% | 5.3% |
| Department of Food and Public Distribution (Demand No. 15) | 208 | 211 | 235 | 235 | 0.0% | 4.4% |
| Capital Outlay on Defence Services (Demand No. 21) | 160 | 180 | 186 | 219 | +17.6% | 4.1% |
| Department of Rural Development (Demand No. 87) | 177 | 188 | 187 | 194 | +3.9% | 3.6% |
| Police (Demand No. 51) | 147 | 160 | 162 | 174 | +7.1% | 3.3% |
| Defence Pensions (Demand No. 22) | 158 | 161 | 169 | 171 | +1.3% | 3.2% |
| Department of Fertilisers (Demand No. 6) | 182 | 157 | 187 | 171 | −8.4% | 3.2% |
| Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Demand No. 1) | 130 | 127 | 123 | 131 | +6.1% | 2.4% |
| Department of Health and Family Welfare (Demand No. 46) | 87 | 96 | 93 | 102 | +9.5% | 1.9% |
| Pensions (Demand No. 41) | 92 | 90 | 92 | 98 | +6.1% | 1.8% |
| Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (Demand No. 60) | 53 | 97 | 57 | 86 | +49.5% | 1.6% |
| Department of School Education and Literacy (Demand No. 25) | 65 | 79 | 71 | 84 | +18.4% | 1.6% |
| Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Demand No. 63) | 26 | 74 | 23 | 75 | +225.2% | 1.4% |
| Department of Telecommunications (Demand No. 13) | 122 | 81 | 53 | 74 | +38.6% | 1.4% |
| Department of Higher Education (Demand No. 26) | 46 | 50 | 51 | 56 | +8.5% | 1.0% |
| Transfers to Jammu and Kashmir (Demand No. 58) | 46 | 41 | 41 | 43 | +4.7% | 0.8% |
| Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (Demand No. 71) | 19 | 27 | 25 | 33 | +30.1% | 0.6% |
| Ministry of Labour and Employment (Demand No. 64) | 11 | 33 | 13 | 33 | +157.5% | 0.6% |
| Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (Demand No. 76) | 17 | 19 | 30 | 30 | +2.2% | 0.6% |
| Ministry of Power (Demand No. 79) | 20 | 22 | 22 | 30 | +39.0% | 0.6% |
| Ministry of Defence (Civil) (Demand No. 19) | 28 | 29 | 27 | 29 | +5.4% | 0.5% |
| Department of Posts (Demand No. 12) | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 | +7.2% | 0.5% |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development (Demand No. 101) | 25 | 27 | 24 | 28 | +15.6% | 0.5% |
| Department of Science and Technology (Demand No. 89) | 5 | 29 | 12 | 28 | +135.3% | 0.5% |
| Indirect Taxes (Demand No. 37) | 39 | 43 | 41 | 28 | −33.3% | 0.5% |
| Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Demand No. 68) | 8 | 23 | 12 | 25 | +103.1% | 0.5% |
| Atomic Energy (Demand No. 3) | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | −1.2% | 0.5% |
| Ministry of External Affairs (Demand No. 29) | 26 | 21 | 22 | 22 | +1.7% | 0.4% |
| Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Demand No. 27) | 14 | 26 | 20 | 22 | +6.9% | 0.4% |
| Department of Economic Affairs (Demand No. 30) | 53 | 49 | 131 | 21 | −84.3% | 0.4% |
| Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (Demand No. 62) | 21 | 25 | 18 | 20 | +8.2% | 0.4% |
| Ministry of Tribal Affairs (Demand No. 100) | 10 | 15 | 11 | 15 | +42.5% | 0.3% |
| Direct Taxes (Demand No. 36) | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | +20.2% | 0.3% |
| Department of Space (Demand No. 95) | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | +10.1% | 0.3% |
| Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (Demand No. 93) | 9 | 14 | 11 | 14 | +20.0% | 0.3% |
| Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (Demand No. 11) | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 | +38.9% | 0.2% |
| Ministry of Home Affairs (Demand No. 49) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | +38.9% | 0.2% |
| Department of Agricultural Research and Education (Demand No. 2) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | −3.1% | 0.2% |
| Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Demand No. 92) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | +265.6% | 0.2% |
| Ministry of Heavy Industries (Demand No. 48) | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | +50.0% | 0.2% |
| Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (Demand No. 23) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | +52.1% | 0.1% |
| Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Demand No. 91) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | +5.2% | 0.1% |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Demand No. 52) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | −9.6% | 0.1% |
| Indian Audit and Accounts Department (Demand No. 38) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | −3.7% | 0.1% |
| Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Demand No. 44) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | +16.0% | 0.1% |
| Department of Pharmaceuticals (Demand No. 7) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | +35.7% | 0.1% |
| Department of Commerce (Demand No. 10) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | −11.1% | 0.1% |
| Chandigarh (Demand No. 53) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | +3.0% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Corporate Affairs (Demand No. 17) | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | −37.6% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Demand No. 96) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | −0.9% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Textiles (Demand No. 98) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | −8.5% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (Demand No. 78) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | +78.2% | 0.1% |
| Ladakh (Demand No. 55) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | −34.0% | 0.1% |
| Department of Health Research (Demand No. 47) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | +22.7% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Demand No. 61) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | −25.4% | 0.1% |
| Law and Justice (Demand No. 65) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | −13.1% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Demand No. 102) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +33.9% | 0.1% |
| Department of Consumer Affairs (Demand No. 14) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +33.1% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Ayush (Demand No. 4) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +20.1% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Food Processing Industries (Demand No. 45) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +13.8% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Mines (Demand No. 69) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | +20.3% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Earth Sciences (Demand No. 24) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +12.1% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (Demand No. 28) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | +8.0% | 0.1% |
| Department of Financial Services (Demand No. 32) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +1.4% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Coal (Demand No. 9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +640.3% | 0.1% |
| Transfers to Puducherry (Demand No. 59) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Department of Biotechnology (Demand No. 90) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | +21.8% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Culture (Demand No. 18) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | −3.7% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Minority Affairs (Demand No. 70) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +57.4% | 0.1% |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Demand No. 54) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | +3.4% | 0.1% |
| Department of Fisheries (Demand No. 43) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +59.4% | 0.1% |
| Department of Land Resources (Demand No. 88) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +51.1% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Demand No. 74) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | +3.2% | 0.1% |
| Department of Revenue (Demand No. 35) | 153 | 133 | 20 | 3 | −87.6% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Tourism (Demand No. 99) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +86.1% | 0.1% |
| Ministry of Civil Aviation (Demand No. 8) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +2.3% | 0.0% |
| Ministry of Cooperation (Demand No. 16) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +77.9% | 0.0% |
| Lakshadweep (Demand No. 56) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +6.4% | 0.0% |
| Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Demand No. 94) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +29.3% | 0.0% |
| Transfers to Delhi (Demand No. 57) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +8.5% | 0.0% |
| Ministry of Planning (Demand No. 77) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +45.3% | 0.0% |
| Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Demand No. 72) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +23.2% | 0.0% |
| Cabinet (Demand No. 50) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +12.7% | 0.0% |
| Lok Sabha (Demand No. 81) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +9.3% | 0.0% |
| Supreme Court of India (Demand No. 67) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | −1.7% | 0.0% |
| Department of Expenditure (Demand No. 31) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2.9% | 0.0% |
| Rajya Sabha (Demand No. 82) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.4% | 0.0% |
| Ministry of Steel (Demand No. 97) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | −86.5% | 0.0% |
| Union Public Service Commission (Demand No. 84) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.3% | 0.0% |
| Election Commission (Demand No. 66) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.4% | 0.0% |
| Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (Demand No. 5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Staff, Household and Allowances of the President (Demand No. 80) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.5% | 0.0% |
| Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Demand No. 73) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3.0% | 0.0% |
| Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) (Demand No. 34) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +64.7% | 0.0% |
| Central Vigilance Commission (Demand No. 75) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7.8% | 0.0% |
| Department of Public Enterprises (Demand No. 33) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11.1% | 0.0% |
| Secretariat of the Vice-President (Demand No. 83) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Repayment of Debt (Demand No. 40) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0.0% |
₹ thousand crore (₹ crore ÷ 1,000), revenue plus capital spending. BE: Budget Estimates; RE: Revised Estimates; Actuals: the outturn as printed in the Budget. "BE vs last RE" and the shares are site calculations. Interest payments, pensions and transfers to states appear as their own demands. The demands add up to the Budget's total expenditure; we check that every time the data are read. Source: Ministry of Finance, Expenditure Profile 2026-27, Statement 3. Downloads: Budget Estimates, Revised Estimates, Actuals.