India, March 26 -- Nearly all of the growth in Delhi's receipts over and above its own tax revenue is budgeted to come from the central government. The growth in central government's contribution to Delhi's receipts in 2025-26 is budgeted at Rs.20,276 crore, which is slightly over two-thirds of the overall growth in receipts. This underlines the "double-engine" nature of the current Delhi government, one of the slogans regularly used by the BJP in regional elections. Breakup of the growth in central funding to Delhi shows that grants-in-aid from the central government will increase by Rs.8,876 crore. Of this amount, Rs.6,000 crore are funds received from central government for capital projects, a line item which amounted to nil in the past ...