Defence and security
The armed forces, defence pensions and production, home affairs, police and border management.
₹9,02,275 crore
spent in 2025–26, 18.2% 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 | ₹9,02,275 crore | 18.17% | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹7,88,310 crore | 16.94% | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹7,39,285 crore | 16.64% | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹6,92,974 crore | 16.53% | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹6,11,663 crore | 16.12% | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹5,81,147 crore | 16.56% | Actuals |
What is inside it
6 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.
- Defence Services (Revenue) Pay, rations, fuel, spares and maintenance for the Army, Navy and Air Force, and DRDO's running costs. ₹3.50 lakh cr
- Capital Outlay on Defence Services Aircraft and aero engines, warships, submarines, vehicles and ordnance — the capital half of the defence budget. ₹1.86 lakh cr
- Defence Pensions Pensions for retired armed forces personnel and their families, including the one-rank-one-pension revisions. ₹1.69 lakh cr
- Police CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, Assam Rifles, the Intelligence Bureau, and Delhi and J&K police — not the state police forces. ₹1.62 lakh cr
- Ministry of Defence (Civil) The Coast Guard, Border Roads Organisation, defence estates and the ministry's civilian secretariat — not the armed forces themselves. ₹27,000 cr
- Ministry of Home Affairs Disaster relief and the NDRF, freedom fighters' pensions, the census, and migrant rehabilitation — the security forces are separate lines. ₹7,000 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 Defence ₹7.33 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Home Affairs ₹2.41 lakh cr in total
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