India, March 26 -- Of the Rs.30,500 additional spending in 2025-26 compared to 2024-25 RE numbers, Rs.17,179 crore will go towards revenue spending while the remaining Rs.13,321 crore growth will be in capital spending. The latter is meant for creation of new assets. This means that revenue spending will increase by 31% and capital spending by 90%. These are both high rates of growth.
Growth in revenue spending is the third highest after the 2001-02 and 1995-96 budgets, when it increased by 36.5% and 32.9%. The growth in capital spending is the highest ever. The relatively higher growth in capital spending also means that Delhi's budget will tilt back towards capital spending. Capex share in total spending is estimated at 28.1% in 2025-26,...