Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs; Department of Expenditure; Department of Financial Services; Department of Public Enterprises; Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM); Department of Revenue; Direct Taxes; Indirect Taxes; Indian Audit and Accounts Department; Interest Payments; Repayment of Debt; Pensions; Transfers to States.
₹19,38,865 crore
spent in 2025–26, 39.05% of all union government spending. Revised estimate, not yet final.
Every year on record
| Year | Amount | Share of union spending | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | ₹19,38,865 crore | 39.05% | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹17,73,337 crore | 38.11% | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹16,47,227 crore | 37.07% | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹14,94,247 crore | 35.64% | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹13,83,611 crore | 36.47% | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹11,41,649 crore | 32.53% | Actuals |
Its demands for grants
13 budget lines sit under this ministry. The total above is their sum, because a group carries no figure of its own anywhere in this dataset.
- Interest Payments Interest on money the government has already borrowed, including ₹34,162 crore owed to foreign lenders. ₹12.7 lakh cr
- Transfers to States 50-year interest-free capital loans to states, Finance Commission grants, and disaster relief — on top of their tax share. ₹3.56 lakh cr
- Department of Economic Affairs The budget-making arm of the finance ministry, plus lines of credit to other countries and the SWAMIH stalled-housing fund. ₹1.31 lakh cr
- Pensions Pensions for retired central government civilian employees — not soldiers or railway staff, who have their own lines. ₹92,000 cr
- Indirect Taxes Customs and GST collection, plus export incentive payouts under RoDTEP and RoSCTL. ₹41,000 cr
- Department of Revenue Passes GST compensation to states, and runs the GST network, Enforcement Directorate and narcotics control. ₹20,000 cr
- Direct Taxes The income tax department — collecting income tax, corporation tax and securities transaction tax. ₹13,000 cr
- Indian Audit and Accounts Department The CAG's audit staff, who check how every other line in this budget was actually spent. ₹7,000 cr
- Department of Financial Services Recapitalising public sector banks and insurers, the RuPay and BHIM incentive, and pension schemes like PM Vaya Vandana. ₹4,000 cr
- Department of Expenditure The controller of other ministries' spending: pay commission work, financial rules, and government accounting institutes. ₹511 cr
- Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Selling government stakes in public sector companies, and managing what is left of them. ₹34 cr
- Department of Public Enterprises Oversight of state-owned companies and their performance monitoring. ₹27 cr
- Repayment of Debt Repaying the principal on money previously borrowed — distinct from Interest Payments, which is the cost of carrying it. ₹0 cr
The ministry structure here is the one the 2026-27 Budget publishes, applied to every year so a demand keeps one place across time. A machinery-of-government change that moved a demand between ministries in an earlier year is therefore not reflected.
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