Agriculture and rural development
Farming, irrigation, fisheries, food processing, and programmes aimed at rural livelihoods.
₹5,06,490 crore
spent in 2025–26, 10.2% of all union government spending that year. Revised estimate, not yet final.
Every year on record
| Year | Amount | Share of union spending | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | ₹5,06,490 crore | 10.20% | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹4,95,756 crore | 10.65% | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹4,65,504 crore | 10.48% | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹5,34,332 crore | 12.74% | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹4,33,860 crore | 11.44% | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹4,37,973 crore | 12.48% | Actuals |
What is inside it
7 budget lines make up this category. A group carries no figure of its own anywhere in this dataset: the total above is the sum of these, and each of them cites the document it was read from.
- Department of Rural Development MGNREGA rural job guarantee wages, PMAY-Gramin rural housing, rural roads, and old-age and widow pensions. ₹1.87 lakh cr
- Department of Fertilisers Urea and nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy, paid to manufacturers and importers so fertiliser sells below cost. ₹1.87 lakh cr
- Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare PM-Kisan cash transfers, crop insurance under Fasal Bima, and the interest subsidy that makes crop loans cheap. ₹1.23 lakh cr
- Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying Livestock disease control and vaccination, Rashtriya Gokul Mission for indigenous cattle, and dairy development. ₹5,000 cr
- Department of Land Resources Digitising land records and titles, and watershed development on rain-fed land. ₹2,000 cr
- Department of Fisheries Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, fishing harbours, aquaculture, and the fisheries institutes. ₹2,000 cr
- Ministry of Cooperation Computerising village credit societies, cooperative training institutes, and the cooperative sugar and dairy sector. ₹981 cr
Who spends it
The same money, grouped by the ministry that spent it rather than by what it paid for. Both views cover exactly the same rupees, that they agree is checked at build time, not assumed.
- Ministry of Rural Development ₹1.89 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers ₹1.91 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ₹1.33 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying ₹7,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Cooperation ₹981 cr in total
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