Government subsidies on food and fertilisers have been pegged at ₹3.71 lakh crore for 2025-26, marginally higher by 0.70% than the estimated outgo in the current fiscal year.CompanyValueChange%ChangeAccording to Union Budget 2025-26, ₹2,03,420 crore has been earmarked for food subsidy in the next fiscal. This is higher than the revised estimate of ₹1,97,420 crore for 2024-25. The food subsidy bill was ₹2.11 lakh crore in 2023-24.Allocation for fertiliser subsidy is ₹1.67 lakh crore for 2025-26, lower than the revised estimate of ₹1.71 lakh crore for the ongoing financial year. The government had earmarked ₹1.88 lakh crore towards fertiliser subsidy in the previous year.
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