Grants to states and union territories
Union grants to state governments and the budgets of the union territories — Finance Commission grants, special assistance and territory administration. Not the states’ constitutional share of taxes, which is deducted earlier and sits outside this budget.
₹4,31,705 crore
spent in 2025–26, 8.7% 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 | ₹4,31,705 crore | 8.70% | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹3,73,643 crore | 8.03% | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹3,56,265 crore | 8.02% | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹3,40,290 crore | 8.12% | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹3,33,724 crore | 8.80% | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹2,60,934 crore | 7.43% | Actuals |
What is inside it
10 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.
- 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
- Transfers to Jammu and Kashmir Central assistance to Jammu and Kashmir, which has its own legislature but is funded as a union territory. ₹41,000 cr
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands Running the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory with no legislature of its own. ₹7,000 cr
- Ladakh Running Ladakh, a union territory with no legislature of its own, including its tribal area programmes. ₹7,000 cr
- Chandigarh Running Chandigarh, a union territory with no legislature of its own. ₹6,000 cr
- Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region North Eastern Council schemes, and industrial and enterprise development directed at the eight north-eastern states. ₹4,000 cr
- Transfers to Puducherry Central assistance to Puducherry, which has its own legislature but is funded as a union territory. ₹4,000 cr
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Running Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, a union territory with no legislature of its own. ₹3,000 cr
- Lakshadweep Running Lakshadweep, a union territory with no legislature of its own. ₹2,000 cr
- Transfers to Delhi Central assistance to Delhi, which has an elected government but not a state's taxing powers. ₹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 Finance ₹19.4 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Home Affairs ₹2.41 lakh cr in total
- Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region ₹4,000 cr in total
Your share of it
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