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Major subsidies spend up 0.6% Apr-Jul as fertiliser outgo doubles
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NEW DELHI – The government's expenditure on major subsidies in the first four months of 2025-26 (Apr-Mar) rose marginally by 0.6% on year to INR 1.136 trillion, data from the Controller General of Accounts released Friday showed. Expenditure on major subsidies in Apr-Jul accounted for 30% of the Budget target of INR 3.83 trillion for FY26.
The government's fertiliser subsidy bill nearly doubled on year to INR 591.64 billion in Apr-Jul while the food subsidy outgo declined 31.5% to INR 540.22 billion.
For FY26, the government has pegged an expenditure on major subsidies at INR 3.83 trillion, compared with INR 3.88 trillion spent in FY25. The following table details major subsidies in Apr-Jul (in INR billion):
| Apr-Jul FY26 |
Apr-Ju FY25 |
Budget Estimate FY26 | Year-on-year % change | |
| Food | 540.22 | 788.97 | 2,034.20 | (-)31.5 |
| Fertiliser | 591.64 | 304.56 | 1,678.87 | 94.3 |
| Petroleum | 4.06 | 35.27 | 121 | (-)88.5 |
| Total | 1135.92 | 1128.8 | 3834.07 | 0.6 |
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Reported by Priyasmita Dutta
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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