Majority of Centre’s spending goes to unproductive areas

Share of various heads in central government expenditure, %

PA: Provisional actuals, BE: Budget Estimates, 9M – April to November
Establishment expenditure in 2020-21 PA is considered as equal to BE, as PA data is not available for the head
Establishment expenses for 2021-22 till November are assumed to be 75% of annual spending on a pro-rata basis.

Source: Controller General of Accounts, Union Budgets of India