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Bihar: State budget

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Shishya's note: drafted with AI only from the official documents listed below, then checked against them (every number, date and name). Figures are as those documents print them, for the year they name.

Bihar's Budget Estimates 2026-27 put total expenditure at ₹3,47,589.76 crore, which is ₹30,694.74 crore more than the 2025-26 budget estimate. The budget projects a revenue surplus of ₹1,143.19 crore and a fiscal deficit of ₹39,111.80 crore (2.99% of GSDP). The figures below are Budget Estimates 2026-27 unless another year is given.

Total Expenditure

  • Total expenditure: ₹3,47,589.76 crore, against ₹3,16,895.02 crore in the 2025-26 budget estimate.
  • Annual scheme outlay (scheme expenditure): ₹1,22,155.42 crore.
  • Establishment & commitment expenditure: ₹2,25,434.34 crore, up ₹25,298.92 crore over 2025-26 BE.
  • Revenue expenditure: ₹2,84,133.92 crore (81.74% of total), up ₹32,133.66 crore over 2025-26 BE.
  • Capital expenditure: ₹63,455.83 crore (18.26% of total).
  • Capital outlay (spending on creating or extending assets): ₹39,377.06 crore.
  • Development expenditure: ₹2,31,267.07 crore (66.53%); non-development: ₹1,16,322.69 crore (33.47%).

Committed Expenditure

  • Salary: ₹96,128.50 crore in total, including grant-in-aid salary of ₹17,964.44 crore and contractual salary of ₹5,203.82 crore.
  • Pension: ₹35,170.48 crore.
  • Interest: ₹25,363.67 crore.
  • Repayment of public debt: ₹22,664.83 crore.
  • Total committed expenditure: ₹1,79,327.48 crore.

Receipts

  • Total receipts: ₹3,47,752.60 crore.
  • Revenue receipts: ₹2,85,277.11 crore, up ₹24,445.67 crore over the 2025-26 BE of ₹2,60,831.44 crore.
  • Revenue from the Central Government: ₹2,10,074.12 crore.
  • State's share of central taxes: ₹1,58,178.32 crore, up ₹19,662.47 crore over 2025-26 BE.
  • Grants-in-aid from the Centre: ₹51,895.80 crore.
  • Capital receipts: ₹62,475.49 crore, of which borrowings ₹61,939.48 crore and recoveries of loans ₹536.01 crore.

State's Own Revenue

  • State's own revenue: ₹75,202.98 crore.
  • Own tax revenue: ₹65,800.00 crore, up ₹6,280.00 crore over the 2025-26 BE of ₹59,520.00 crore.
  • Own tax revenue by source: commercial tax ₹50,000.00 crore, stamp and registration ₹10,000.00 crore, transport ₹5,000.00 crore, land revenue ₹800.00 crore.
  • Non-tax revenue: ₹9,402.98 crore.

Deficit, Surplus and Debt

  • GSDP estimate for 2026-27: ₹13,09,155.00 crore.
  • Revenue surplus: ₹1,143.19 crore (0.09% of GSDP); it is to be used for productive assets such as roads, buildings, power, schools, health centres and irrigation schemes.
  • Fiscal deficit: ₹39,111.80 crore (2.99% of GSDP).
  • Outstanding public debt: ₹3,88,554.47 crore (29.68% of GSDP).
  • Total debt including public-account liability: ₹4,46,326.07 crore (34.09% of GSDP).

Scheme Outlay Highlights

  • Under Seven Nischay-3 of Viksit Bihar (2025-30), ₹14,800.00 crore is budgeted across departments for 2026-27.
  • Rural Development Department: ₹22,392.47 crore (18.33% of scheme outlay).
  • Education Department: ₹18,351.48 crore (15.02%).
  • Health Department: ₹10,033.27 crore.

Trends 2020-21 to 2024-25 (Economic Survey 2025-26)

  • Total state expenditure rose from ₹1.66 lakh crore to ₹2.82 lakh crore.
  • Share of capital expenditure rose from 15.8% to 22.3%; revenue expenditure fell from 84.2% to 77.7%.
  • Revenue-account receipts rose from ₹1.28 lakh crore to ₹2.18 lakh crore.
  • Developmental spending reached 67.4% of total expenditure in 2024-25.
  • Outstanding debt on 31 March 2025: ₹3,74,134 crore, 37.7% of GSDP; public debt was 84.6% of it.

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Topic test: State budget

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  1. Question 1 of 5

    What is the total expenditure in Bihar's Budget Estimates 2026-27?

  2. Question 2 of 5

    Which department has the highest scheme outlay in the 2026-27 budget?

  3. Question 3 of 5

    What is the fiscal deficit projected for Bihar in 2026-27?

  4. Question 4 of 5

    What is the amount of the state's own tax revenue in the 2026-27 budget?

  5. Question 5 of 5

    What percentage of total expenditure does capital expenditure constitute in the 2026-27 budget?