Total expenditure up to September 2026 was what share of the budget estimate for the year?
- A.41.2 per cent
- B.44.9 per cent
- C.47.7 per cent
- D.52.6 per cent
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Explanation
The correct answer is 47.7 per cent. Total expenditure in the first six months of the financial year was Rs 25,49,835 crore, and that is 47.7 per cent of the corresponding budget estimate. Of this, Rs 18,95,288 crore was spent on revenue account and Rs 6,54,547 crore on capital account, while interest payments of Rs 6,46,010 crore and major subsidies of Rs 2,22,905 crore were the two largest items shown separately within revenue expenditure. The other options are plausible shares but do not match the published accounts. A useful pair to remember together is that receipts stood at 50.3 per cent of their budget estimate while expenditure stood at 47.7 per cent, so both sides of the account were close to half way through the year's provision at the half year mark.
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Practice Questions
What were the total receipts of the Government of India up to September 2026?
- A.Rs 12,76,088 crore
- B.Rs 18,35,422 crore
- C.Rs 25,49,835 crore
- D.Rs 18,95,288 crore
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This amount is made up of tax revenue net to the Centre, non-tax revenue and non-debt capital receipts.
Read the full explanation →How much was transferred to state governments as devolution of the share of taxes up to September 2026?
- A.Rs 4,80,732 crore
- B.Rs 6,54,547 crore
- C.Rs 6,99,409 crore
- D.Rs 6,46,010 crore
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The monthly accounts record that this sum was transferred to the state governments as devolution of their share of central taxes during the first half of the financial year, and that it was Rs 67,658 crore higher than the amount devolved in the corresponding period of the previous year.
Read the full explanation →Under current policies, NITI Aayog projects India's coal demand by 2050 at what level?
- A.Over 1.5 billion tonnes
- B.Over 2.6 billion tonnes
- C.Over 3.4 billion tonnes
- D.Over 4.2 billion tonnes
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The projection quoted at the consultation shows demand rising from about 1.25 billion tonnes in 2025 to more than 2.6 billion tonnes by 2050 if present policies continue, and staying above 1.8 billion tonnes even along a net zero path, because steel, cement and power, the three largest consumers, are…
Read the full explanation →How much coal did India produce in the financial year 2025-26?
- A.778 million tonnes
- B.893 million tonnes
- C.1,041 million tonnes
- D.1,250 million tonnes
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This was the output quoted at the consultation, where officials also pointed out that coal still generates more than 70 per cent of the country's electricity, which is why idle blocks matter so much.
Read the full explanation →Of the commercial coal mines allotted since 2020, how many are producing, according to the Ministry of Coal?
- A.25 of 137
- B.37 of 125
- C.52 of 137
- D.25 of 90
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The ministry said at its consultation in Goa that of the commercial mines allotted since the reform framework came in, only a small fraction has reached production, and the Coal Secretary described an allotted but idle block as capacity the country has set aside yet cannot use.
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