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Centre’s capital spending reaches Rs 3.4 trillion in FY27 first quarter
Centre’s capital spending reaches Rs 3.4 trillion in FY27 first quarter
Government data released on Wednesday and reported by Livemint show the Centre spent Rs 3.4 trillion on capital expenditure in April-June, about 28% of the Rs 12.22 trillion budgeted for FY27, even…
Government data released on Wednesday and reported by Livemint show the Centre spent Rs 3.4 trillion on capital expenditure in April-June, about 28% of the Rs 12.22 trillion budgeted for FY27, even as global trade disruption and geopolitical uncertainty weighed on the broader investment climate. Total spending for the quarter came to Rs 13.57 trillion, or 25.4% of the full-year budget estimate, with capex making up roughly a quarter of that total. On the receipts side, the Centre collected Rs 10.49 trillion, comprising Rs 6.37 trillion in net tax revenue, Rs 3.78 trillion in non-tax revenue and Rs 35,003 crore in non-debt capital receipts, and transferred Rs 2.63 trillion to states as their tax share, a sum Rs 63,605 crore lower than a year earlier. Revenue expenditure stood at Rs 10.17 trillion, of which interest payments accounted for Rs 3.46 trillion and major subsidies for Rs 1.15 trillion.
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The spending is real central government expenditure recorded in the finance ministry's monthly account release, not an estimate, which gives the underlying rupee figures reliability regardless of how the trend is interpreted. Sustained capex during a quarter of global trade disruption is a policy choice, but disbursing a budgeted amount is not the same as the underlying projects being well selected or completed on schedule, and no completion or outcome data appears here. Interest payments and subsidies together already exceed a third of revenue expenditure, a fiscal constraint on how much further capital spending can expand without new revenue. Whether the ministry's equivalent release for the second quarter shows the same pace holding is the next figure to check.
Source: www.livemint.com
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