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Table 1: Trends in Social Service Sector Expenditure by General Government
(Combined Centre and States)
Item 2014-15 2015-16 2016- 2017- 2018- 2019- 2020- 2021-
17 18 19 20 21 22
(RE) (BE)

(` in lakh crore)

Total Budgetary 32.85 37.61 42.66 45.16 50.41 54.11 65.24 71.61
Expenditure

Expenditure on 7.68 9.16 10.41 11.40 12.78 13.65 16.34 19.06
Social Services:
i) Education 3.54 3.92 4.35 4.83 5.26 5.80 6.21 6.97
ii) Health 1.49 1.75 2.13 2.43 2.66 2.73 3.50 4.72

iii) Others 2.65 3.48 3.93 4.13 4.86 5.13 6.63 7.37
(As percentage to GDP)

Expenditure on 6.2 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.7 8.3 8.6
Social Services:
i) Education 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.1

ii) Health 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.8 2.1
iii) Others 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.5 3.4 3.3

(As percentage to total expenditure)
Expenditure on 23.4 24.3 24.4 25.2 25.4 25.2 25.0 26.6
Social Services:
i) Education 10.8 10.4 10.2 10.7 10.4 10.7 9.5 9.7

ii) Health 4.5 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.4 6.6
iii) Others 8.1 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.6 9.5 10.2 10.3

(As percentage to social services)
i) Education 46.1 42.8 41.8 42.4 41.2 42.5 38.0 36.6

ii) Health 19.4 19.1 20.5 21.4 20.8 20.0 21.4 24.7
iii) Others 34.6 38.0 37.7 36.2 38.0 37.6 40.6 38.7

Source: Reserve Bank of India, Budget Documents of Union and State Governments
Note:
• Budget Estimate (BE) & Revised Estimate (RE).
• Social services include, education, sports, art and culture; medical and public health, family welfare; water
supply and sanitation; housing; urban development; welfare of SCs, STs and OBCs, labour and labour welfare;
social security and welfare, nutrition, relief on account of natural calamities etc.
• Expenditure on ‘Education’ pertains to expenditure on ‘Education, Sports, Arts and Culture’.
• Expenditure on ‘Health’ includes expenditure on ‘Medical and Public Health’, ‘Family Welfare’ and ‘Water
Supply and Sanitation’.
• The ratios to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current market prices are based on 2011-12 base.
• Projected GDP for BE 2021-2022 is Rs 222,87,379 crore.