Department of Rural Development
MGNREGA rural job guarantee wages, PMAY-Gramin rural housing, rural roads, and old-age and widow pensions.
₹1,86,996 crore
in 2025–26, 3.77% of all union government spending. Revised estimate, not yet final.
Revenue ₹1,86,991 crore · Capital ₹4.24 crore
What the money actually buys
Half of it — ₹85,834 crore — is MGNREGA, paid as wages for days of work rural households asked for under the job guarantee, so the amount follows demand rather than a fixed allocation. Then ₹32,327 crore builds houses under PMAY-Gramin, ₹14,705 crore funds the rural livelihoods mission, and ₹9,652 crore is social assistance: old-age, widow and disability pensions.
Every year on record
| Year | Amount | Revenue | Capital | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | ₹1,86,996 crore | ₹1,86,991 crore | ₹4.24 crore | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹1,76,655 crore | ₹1,76,651 crore | ₹3.98 crore | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹1,61,932 crore | ₹1,61,929 crore | ₹2.16 crore | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹1,76,837 crore | ₹1,76,837 crore | ₹0.00 crore | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹1,60,433 crore | ₹1,60,433 crore | ₹0.00 crore | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹1,96,417 crore | ₹1,96,417 crore | ₹0.00 crore | Actuals |
Where this sits in the budget
- Counted under Agriculture and rural development, what the money paid for.
- Spent by Ministry of Rural Development, who spent it.
Where these figures come from
- 2025–26 · Statement 3, Demand No. 87, Revised Estimates 2025-26, Total columnExpenditure Profile 2026-27: Statement 3 - Expenditure of Ministries and Departments Ministry of Finance, Government of India
SHA-256 3810c160a4b1f897… - 2024–25 · Statement 3, Demand No. 87, Actuals 2024-25, Total columnExpenditure Profile 2026-27: Statement 3 - Expenditure of Ministries and Departments Ministry of Finance, Government of India
SHA-256 3810c160a4b1f897… - 2023–24 · Statement 3, Demand No. 87, Actuals 2023-24, Total columnExpenditure Profile 2025-26: Statement 3 - Expenditure of Ministries and Departments Ministry of Finance, Government of India
SHA-256 b59057f574f3d09a… - 2022–23 · Statement 3, Demand No. 87, Actuals 2022-23, Total columnExpenditure Profile 2024-25: Statement 3 - Expenditure of Ministries and Departments Ministry of Finance, Government of India
SHA-256 3d9f2fe71485a749… - 2021–22 · Statement 3, Demand No. 87, Actuals 2021-22, Total columnExpenditure Profile 2023-24: Statement 3 - Expenditure of Ministries and Departments Ministry of Finance, Government of India
SHA-256 019cebf6e969c112… - 2020–21 · Statement 3, Demand No. 87, Actuals 2020-21, Total columnExpenditure Profile 2022-23: Statement 3 - Expenditure of Ministries and Departments Ministry of Finance, Government of India
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