Taking Stock - State Budget Priorities (2015-16 to 2017-18)
The report attempts to look into the budget priorities of select States for social and other sectors, post the changes introduced due to the 14th Finance Commission (FC) recommendations. To this end, the State Budget expenditure / allocations and revenues have been analysed for the last four financial years (FYs), i.e., 2014-15 (Actuals), 2015-16 (Actuals), 2016-17 (Revised Estimates) and 2017-18 (Budget Estimates).
The analysis carried out covers 25 States, viz., Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, NCT of Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The 11 sectors included in this analysis are: the 6 Social Sectors (viz. Agriculture and Allied Activities; Food, Civil Supplies & Cooperation; Rural Development and Panchayati Raj; Social Welfare; Education; Health), and, 5 other sectors (viz. Power; Public Works; Irrigation and Water Resources; Environment & Forests; Urban Development & Housing).
