Sent to state governments
₹13.9 lakh cr, The states' constitutional share of union tax collections, devolved unconditionally and deducted before the union spends anything.
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Ministry of Finance figures, 2020–21 to 2025–26.
The Government of India spent ₹49.6 lakh cr in 2025–26, and sent a further ₹13.9 lakh cr to the states as their share of central taxes. Every rupee of it is sorted into these 11 categories, each figure read from a published Ministry of Finance document.
₹13.9 lakh cr, The states' constitutional share of union tax collections, devolved unconditionally and deducted before the union spends anything.
₹12.7 lakh cr, Interest payments and the servicing of public debt from previous borrowing. It is usually the second largest thing the union spends on, and it is a legally committed charge rather than a discretionary programme.
₹9.02 lakh cr, The armed forces, defence pensions and production, home affairs, police and border management.
₹6.80 lakh cr, Railways, roads, ports, civil aviation, telecommunications, housing and urban development.
₹5.06 lakh cr, Farming, irrigation, fisheries, food processing, and programmes aimed at rural livelihoods.
₹4.83 lakh cr, Health and family welfare, pharmaceuticals, women and child development, social justice and tribal affairs.
₹4.32 lakh cr, Union grants to state governments and the budgets of the union territories — Finance Commission grants, special assistance and territory administration. Not the states’ constitutional share of taxes, which is deducted earlier and sits outside this budget.
₹3.06 lakh cr, Power, petroleum, coal, mines, heavy industry, commerce, corporate affairs and financial services.
₹1.89 lakh cr, The central machinery of government: the legislature, judiciary, tax administration, external affairs and general services.
₹1.77 lakh cr, School and higher education, skill development, and scientific and industrial research.
₹11,000 cr, Arts and heritage, broadcasting and information, tourism, youth affairs and sport.
₹3,000 cr, Environment, forests and climate change, earth sciences, and new and renewable energy.
Your income tax is not one thing. There is the base tax, a 4% health and education cess added on top of it, and above ₹50 lakh of income a surcharge as well. Only the base part is shared with the states; cess and surcharge stay with the union entirely, and cess is locked by law to health and education schemes.
How this is calculated, in full