Assam Budget: Spending, Capital Outlay, Fiscal Deficit and Central Tax Share
Assam's budget is Rs 1,43,890 crore, of which Rs 23,400 crore (16.3%) is capital outlay for building assets. The fiscal deficit is 3.1% of the State's GSDP, and its share of central taxes is Rs 36,500 crore.
2024-25 (BE) & 2023-24 (RE) · compiled from State Budget Books (Demands for Grants) & RBI State Finances Study; figures as compiled, not a live feed
Assam budget at a glance
Item
Amount
Total budget
Rs 1,43,890 crore
Revenue expenditure
Rs 1,14,000 crore
Capital outlay
Rs 23,400 crore (16.3% of the budget)
Own tax revenue
Rs 34,500 crore
Share of central taxes
Rs 36,500 crore
Grants from the Centre
Rs 28,900 crore
GSDP
Rs 5,70,000 crore
Fiscal deficit
3.1% of GSDP
Where Assam spends: major heads
Head of account
Amount
Share of budget
Covers
Education (2202)
Rs 22,800 crore
15.8%
Pragyan Bharati, school provincialisation
Rural development (2501)
Rs 12,400 crore
8.6%
Panchayat roads, Orunodoi DBT support
Health (2210)
Rs 9,800 crore
6.8%
New medical colleges in every district, Ayushman Asom
Roads and bridges (3054)
Rs 8,900 crore
6.2%
Brahmaputra bridge approach links
Debt interest (2049)
Rs 8,200 crore
5.7%
Debt interest coupons
Agriculture (2401)
Rs 7,400 crore
5.1%
Assam microfinance relief, crop seeds
Police security (2055)
Rs 6,800 crore
4.7%
Assam Police modernization and commando battalions
Assam's share of central taxes: releases announced
Covers the instalments announced through press releases (extra or advance instalments, and some regular ones). Regular monthly instalments without a release are not included, so yearly sums here are not the full year's devolution. Source: Ministry of Finance press releases (Press Information Bureau).
