{"id":"india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","canonicalSlug":"india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","language":"en","title":"India’s central government spends ₹20.78 trillion through August","summary":"The August accounts show receipts at 37.5% of the annual budget estimate and expenditure at 38.9%.","body":["India’s Ministry of Finance published the Union government’s accounts through August on 30 September. Total receipts were ₹13.67709 trillion, or 37.5% of the 2026/27 budget estimate; net tax revenue was ₹8.37921 trillion.","Total expenditure reached ₹20.77958 trillion, 38.9% of the annual estimate, including ₹5.09949 trillion in capital spending. The government transferred ₹5.90391 trillion to states as their share of taxes, ₹60,243 crore less than in the same period a year earlier."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"India’s central government spends ₹20.78 trillion through August\n\nThe August accounts show receipts at 37.5% of the annual budget estimate and expenditure at 38.9%.\n\nIndia’s Ministry of Finance published the Union government’s accounts through August on 30 September. Total receipts were ₹13.67709 trillion, or 37.5% of the 2026/27 budget estimate; net tax revenue was ₹8.37921 trillion.\n\nTotal expenditure reached ₹20.77958 trillion, 38.9% of the annual estimate, including ₹5.09949 trillion in capital spending. The government transferred ₹5.90391 trillion to states as their share of taxes, ₹60,243 crore less than in the same period a year earlier.","category":"fiscal","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08-31","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-30","translatedAt":"2026-10-05T23:48:26Z","sources":[{"name":"Ministry of Finance, Government of India / Press Information Bureau","url":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2317034&lang=1&reg=6","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-30"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/india-august-2026-union-budget-accounts"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}