Explicit Subsidies of Union Government

(Rs. in crore)
Items

Actuals Actuals

Actuals Actuals Actuals Actuals

200405

200607

200506

200708

Actuals

Actuals Revised

Budget

201314

200809

200910

201011

201112

201213

3693369 4294706 4987090 5630063

6457352

7795314

8974947

10020620 11371886
PE)
(BE)

GDP at current
3242209
market prices
Non-Plan
365960
Expenditure
Total Subsidies45957
of which

365100

413527

507589

608721

721096

818299

891990

1001638

1109975

47522

57125

70926

129708

141351

173420

217941

257654

231084

Food

25798

23077

24014

31328

43751

58443

63844

72822

85000

90000

Petroleum
Subsidy

2956

2683

2699

2820

2852

14951

38371

68484

96880

65000

Fertilizer
Subsidy

15879

18460

26222

32490

76603

61264

62301

70013

65974

65972

Other
Subsidies

1324

3302

4190

4288

6502

6693

8904

6622

9800

10112

Distribution of Subsidy
(Total Subsidy as a % of NPE & GDP)
Items

Total Subsidy
as a % of NPE

Total Subsidy
as a % of GDP

Actuals

Revised Budget

200405

200506

200607

200708

200809

200910

201011

201112

12-13

201314

12.56

13.02

13.81

13.97

21.31

19.60

21.19

24.43

25.72

20.82

1.42

1.29

1.33

1.42

2.30

2.19

2.22

2.43

2.57

2.03

(As a % of Total Subsidy)

Food Subsidy

56.14

48.56

42.04

44.17

33.73

41.35

36.81

33.41

32.99

38.95

Petroleum
Subsidy

6.43

5.65

4.72

3.98

2.20

10.58

22.13

31.42

37.60

28.13

Fertilizer
Subsidy

34.55

38.85

45.90

45.81

59.06

43.34

35.92

32.12

25.61

28.55

Other
Subsidy

2.88

6.95

7.33

6.05

5.01

4.74

5.13

3.04

3.80

4.38

TOTAL SUBSIDIES IN 1987-88

figure in Rs. Crore
1
i
ii
iii
iv

2
i
ii
iii
iv
v
vi
vii

State
14460
8303
2580
2062
1515

Total
16760
9576
2925
2364
1895

Economic Services*
Agriculture and co-operation
Irrigation and flood control
Power and energy
Industry
Transport
Communication
Other economic services

Centre
13765
2970
109
1786
4759
1440
1042
1659

State
11799
4009
4465
1435
120
1683
1
86

Total
25564
6979
4574
3221
4879
3123
1043
1745

% of GDP
8.68
2.37
1.55
1.09
1.66
1.06
0.36
0.59

Total

16065

26259

42324

14.37

Social Services
Education
Health
Water Supply sanitation and housing
Other

Centre
2300
1273
345
302
380

% of GDP
5.69
3.25
0.99
0.81
0.64

Central Budgetary Subsidies: 1998-99

Subsidy as Percentage of
Cost
(Rs. crore)

Subsidy
(Rs. crore)

Recovery
Rate
(Per cent)

Social Services

15665

14908

4.83

9.97

0.86

13.15

Merit

8377

8283

2.33

5.54

0.48

7.31

Non-Merit

7288

6625

9.10

4.43

0.38

5.85

Economic
Services

106716

64920

39.17

43.43

3.73

57.27

Merit

12123

11445

5.70

7.66

0.66

10.10

Non-Merit

94593

53475

43.47

35.77

3.07

47.18

Merit

20500

19728

3.77

13.20

1.13

17.40

Non-Merit

101881

60100

41.01

40.20

3.45

53.02

Total

122381

79828

34.77

53.40

4.59

70.43

Source: Srivastava D.K., et al (2003)

Revenue
Receipts

GDP

Fiscal
Deficit

Subsidy Estimates: All States: 1998-99

Subsidy as Percentage of
Cost
(Rs.in crore)

Subsidy
(Rs.in crore)

Recovery Rate
Revenue
(Rs.in crore)
Receipts
GSDP

Fiscal
Deficit

Social Services

77983

76135

2.37

44.06

5.42

104.78

Merit I

30220

29957

0.87

17.34

2.13

41.23

Merit II

26381

25942

1.67

15.01

1.85

35.7

Non-Merit
Economic
Services

21382

20236

5.32

11.71

1.44

27.85

85931

79789

7.15

46.17

5.68

109.81

Merit I

1282

1273

0.68

0.74

0.09

1.75

Merit II

27410

25643

6.45

14.84

1.83

35.29

Non-Merit

57239

52873

7.84

30.60

3.77

72.77

Merit

85294

82815

2.91

47.92

5.9

113.98

Non-Merit

78621

73109

7.01

42.31

5.21

100.62

Total

163914

155923

4.88

90.23

11.11

214.59

Source : Srivastava D.K., et al (2003)