Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Centre has maintained the fiscal consolidation path in the first quarter of the current financial year with total receipts at Rs 10,49,243 crore, up to June 2026, which works out to 28.7 per cent of the corresponding budget estimate (BE) for 2026-27, official figures released on August 6 showed.
The total expenditure incurred by the Centre, up to June 2026, is Rs 13,57,076 crore, which is 25.4 per cent of the corresponding budget estimate (BE) for 2026-27.
The Centre has received, up to June 2026 in the current financial year, Rs 6,36,576 crore tax revenue (Net to Centre), Rs 3,77,664 crore of non-tax revenue, and Rs 35,003 crore of non-debt capital receipts.
It has transferred Rs 2,63,336 crore to state governments as devolution of share of taxes by the Centre during this period, which is Rs 63,605 crore lower than the previous year.
The Centre’s capital expenditure on large infrastructure projects such as highways, railways and ports has shot up by 23.7 per cent during this period to Rs 3,40,258 crore compared with the corresponding figure of Rs 2.75 lakh crore in the same period last year.
Of the total expenditure, as much as Rs 0,16,818 crore is on the Revenue Account. Out of the total revenue expenditure, Rs 3,46,414 crore is on account of interest payments while Rs 1,14,812 crore is on account of major subsidies on petroleum products such as LPG and fertilisers supplied to farmers.
