Telangana Government is likely to fall short in the expected revenue expenditure during the current financial year (2025-26) on the lines of previous years.
The revenue expenditure of the State till January end was ₹1.48 lakh crore — just 65.62% of the ₹2.26 lakh crore projected in the (2025-26) budget estimates. The expenditure of the remaining two months (February and March) are yet to be released. The situation was no different in the financial year 2024-25 when the State registered revenue expenditure of ₹1.77 lakh crore against the projected ₹2.21 lakh crore, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Financial Year 2024-25
The CAG, in its finance accounts report for 2024-25, said the State projected its revenue and capital expenditure at ₹2.74 lakh crore. But it managed to spend ₹2.18 lakh crore, around 80% of the budget estimates. Interestingly, while the State lagged behind in the revenue expenditure, it registered sizeable increase in the capital expenditure during the fiscal.(2024-25). The capital expenditure — which was estimated at ₹33,487 crore — however, crossed ₹36,000 crore mark reaching ₹36,082 crore (109%).
As expected, interest payments, salaries/wages and pension payments exceeded the projections. While the Government budgeted interest payment of ₹17,739 crore during 2024-25, it ended up paying ₹26,688 crore, over ₹9,000 crore more. On the salaries/wages and pensions front, the Government paid ₹42,245 crore and ₹16,950 crore respectively against the ₹40,041 crore and ₹11,649 crore projected in the budget estimates.
