Subsidies on electricity and water supply, travel by women passengers in buses, and concessional passes comprise around 35 per cent of the budgetary expenditure of the Delhi government, according to a report. The report released recently by the Delhi government’s Directorate of Economics and Statistics covered the budgets of three financial years 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26.

It seeks to ascertain the capital formation and savings of the government, by reclassifying the actual (A/C) expenditure for the year 2023-24, revised expenditure (RE) of 2024-25 and budgetary expenditure (BE) of 2025-26. Further, the report mentioned that the revenue receipts of the Delhi government are estimated to increase from Rs 56,797.79 crore in 2023-24 (A/c) to Rs 81,545.83 crore in 2025-26 (BE).

It is likely to increase by 43.57 per cent between the year 2023-24 and 2025-26. However, the increase in revenue receipts from 2024-25 (RE) to 2025-26 (BE) is 29.40 per cent, the report said. The total disbursement of the Delhi government was Rs 65,823.87 crore in 2023-24 (A/c), whereas the total outlays for 2024-25 (RE) and 2025-26 (BE) were to the tune of Rs 69,500.00 crore and Rs 1,00,000 crore, respectively.