Energy, industry and the economy
Power, petroleum, coal, mines, heavy industry, commerce, corporate affairs and financial services.
₹3,05,599 crore
spent in 2025–26, 6.2% 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 | ₹3,05,599 crore | 6.16% | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹1,93,215 crore | 4.15% | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹1,47,382 crore | 3.32% | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹1,37,907 crore | 3.29% | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹1,69,653 crore | 4.47% | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹1,34,979 crore | 3.85% | Actuals |
What is inside it
19 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 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
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas LPG subsidy including Ujjwala connections, the strategic oil reserve, and public oil companies ONGC, IOC and BPCL. ₹30,000 cr
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Solar and wind capacity through IREDA and SECI, the Green Energy Corridor, and rooftop solar. ₹25,000 cr
- Atomic Energy Nuclear power stations run by NPCIL, plus the atomic research establishments behind them. ₹24,000 cr
- Ministry of Power Power Grid, NTPC, NHPC and SJVN, transmission networks, and electricity distribution reform. ₹22,000 cr
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Semiconductor and electronics manufacturing incentives, Aadhaar's UIDAI, Digital India, and the National Informatics Centre. ₹20,000 cr
- Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises PM Vishwakarma for traditional artisans, the employment generation programme, and MSME credit guarantees. ₹12,000 cr
- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Startup Fund of Funds, industrial corridors, the patent and trademark offices, and GST refunds to industry. ₹9,000 cr
- Department of Commerce Export promotion: the interest equalisation scheme for exporters, duty drawback, and the tea, coffee, rubber and spices boards. ₹7,000 cr
- Ministry of Textiles Handlooms, handicrafts, silk through the Central Silk Board, jute, and textile machinery upgradation. ₹6,000 cr
- Ministry of Heavy Industries Electric vehicle incentives under FAME and PM E-DRIVE, and public engineering firms like BHEL. ₹5,000 cr
- Department of Pharmaceuticals Jan Aushadhi generic medicine stores, the NIPER pharmacy institutes, and pharmaceutical production incentives. ₹4,000 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
- Ministry of Steel Public steel companies — RINL, SAIL and NMDC — and loans to the iron and steel industry. ₹3,000 cr
- Ministry of Mines The Geological Survey of India, and public mining companies — NALCO, Hindustan Copper, mineral exploration. ₹3,000 cr
- Ministry of Coal Coal India and NLC India, plus mine safety and coal conservation work. ₹491 cr
- Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals The chemicals and petrochemicals industry: HIL India, the petrochemicals technology institutes, and plastics parks. ₹186 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
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 Finance ₹19.4 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas ₹30,000 cr in total
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ₹25,000 cr in total
- Department of Atomic Energy ₹24,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Power ₹22,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ₹20,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ₹12,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry ₹15,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Textiles ₹6,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Heavy Industries ₹5,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers ₹1.91 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Steel ₹3,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Mines ₹3,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Coal ₹491 cr in total
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