Total expenditure from the State Budget as a proportion of GSDP
The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) provides a measure of the size of a State's economy, of which government spending is one component (investment by firms and consumption expenditure by households being the other two components). This comparative metric shows how total State Budget expenditure as a proportion of GSDP varies across States. In 2019-20, this ranged from 24.1 % in Punjab to 6.2 % in Delhi, among the non Special Category States; and 61.8 % in Nagaland to 18.7 % in Uttarakhand among the Special Category States.
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Source: (i) Budget at a Glance/Budget Brief/Budget Summary; (ii) Directorate of Economics & Statistics of respective States/Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Notes:
1: Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh are not included here as the relevant budget data was not available at the time of compilation.
2: For Assam, Tamil Nadu and Mizoram, total expenditure has been taken from the respective Annual Financial Statement.
3: For Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, the budget documents referred to for FY 2021-22 are from the Vote on Account.
4: GSDP data for recent years was not available for some of the States at the time of compilation.
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