Health and social protection
Health and family welfare, pharmaceuticals, women and child development, social justice and tribal affairs.
₹4,83,419 crore
spent in 2025–26, 9.7% 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 | ₹4,83,419 crore | 9.74% | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹4,49,590 crore | 9.66% | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹4,37,398 crore | 9.84% | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹4,72,946 crore | 11.28% | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹5,00,461 crore | 13.19% | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹7,51,547 crore | 21.41% | Actuals |
What is inside it
12 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 Food and Public Distribution Free foodgrain under PMGKAY, and the Food Corporation of India that buys, stores and moves the grain. ₹2.35 lakh cr
- Department of Health and Family Welfare AIIMS hospitals, the National Health Mission, Ayushman Bharat insurance, and CGHS treatment for retired officials. ₹93,000 cr
- Pensions Pensions for retired central government civilian employees — not soldiers or railway staff, who have their own lines. ₹92,000 cr
- Ministry of Women and Child Development Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0 child nutrition, and schemes for women's safety, adoption and child protection. ₹24,000 cr
- Department of Social Justice and Empowerment Post-matric scholarships for scheduled caste students, backward class welfare, and schemes for the elderly and drug-dependent. ₹11,000 cr
- Ministry of Tribal Affairs Eklavya model residential schools for tribal children, tribal scholarships, and Article 275(1) grants to states. ₹11,000 cr
- Department of Health Research The Indian Council of Medical Research and its laboratories, and the Ayushman Bharat health research infrastructure. ₹4,000 cr
- Ministry of Ayush The National AYUSH Mission and the ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and homoeopathy institutes — AIIA, the research councils. ₹4,000 cr
- Department of Consumer Affairs The Price Stabilisation Fund that buys and releases onions and pulses, consumer courts, and weights and measures. ₹3,000 cr
- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Recruiting, training and pensioning central government staff, and the CBI and vigilance machinery. ₹3,000 cr
- Ministry of Minority Affairs PM Jan Vikas Karyakram in minority-concentration districts, scholarships, and the minorities development finance corporation. ₹2,000 cr
- Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Assistive devices for people with disabilities, the national disability institutes, and rehabilitation grants. ₹1,000 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 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution ₹2.38 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ₹97,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Finance ₹19.4 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Women and Child Development ₹24,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ₹13,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Tribal Affairs ₹11,000 cr in total
- Ministry of AYUSH ₹4,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions ₹3,000 cr in total
- Ministry of Minority Affairs ₹2,000 cr in total
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