Subsidy Expenditure: More than half of the cost of the center for subsidy in 9 months
Subsidy expenditure: Government has so far Rs. Food subsidy is more than 50 percent. According to the report of Bank of Baroda, the total subsidy cost of the government in the first nine months of financial year 2025 is more than 50 %.
over the past years
In the first 9 months of this financial year, the cost of total subsidy is Rs 3.07 lakh crore. This is much higher than the center spent at the same time in the last financial year. In the first nine months of the financial year 2024, the cost of subsidy of the central government was Rs 2.77 lakh crore. However, it is less than Rs 3.51 lakh crore spent in April-December 2022.
Cost of food subsidy
The cost of food subsidy at the government’s total subsidy cost is very high. According to the Bank of Baroda report, the Center has so far allocated Rs 1.64 lakh crore for food subsidy in the financial year 2025. It was more than Rs 1.34 lakh crore in the same period last year, but was less than Rs 1.68 lakh crore in April-December 2022.
Subsidy cost of low fertilizer
Although the government has increased the cost of food subsidy, the situation is different from fertilizer. In the financial year 2025, the cost of fertilizer subsidy has reduced so far. The government has spent Rs 1.36 lakh crore on fertilizer subsidy between April and December 2024. The Center spent Rs 1.41 lakh crore in the previous year and Rs 1.81 lakh crore in April-December 2022.
Other main attractions of the report
- Government non -government capital returns, which include revenue from the return of property and withdrawing investment.
- As of December 2024, the revenue was Rs 27,296 crore. The return of the financial year 2023 was Rs 29,650 crore and the return of the financial year 2022 was Rs. 55,107 crore is very low. It refers to weak earnings and inability to create money through non -deta resources.
- Foreign direct investment flows in India have weakened. In October 2024, FDI of $ 4.3 billion arrived by FDI in November 2024. The report said that the increase in sales of foreign investors from the Indian stock market and the total investment in the country.
