Flow · Companies → Households
Dividends, distributed income and pensions from companies
Value in 2023-24
₹7.78 lakh crore
2.7% of GDP
Gross flows can exceed GDP. GDP counts only final output once; the map also shows the inputs firms buy from each other and the money that passes through financial markets.
This amount adds up several entries of the accounts. The label for how its parts were made is the least certain kind of entry that carries at least 10% of the value:Set when the accounts were balanced so that every row and column adds up; the change was large enough to need an explanation.How the parts were madeThe sum itself is not held to a single published figure.
What it is
Dividends and other distributed income that companies pay households, directly or through mutual funds, and pensions paid by the Railways and Posts to their retired staff. The household share of distributed income is estimated with the old-base national-accounts structure.
Trend
No annual series; only the 2023-24 SAM value exists.
What is inside
The entries that make up this flow, largest first.
| Item | Value | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income) Before → after balancing: ₹88,107 crore → ₹97,327 crore (10.5%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_U5 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income, 88,107 -> 97,329 (9,222, +10.5%; z 1.105; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior (c… | ₹97,327 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income) Before → after balancing: ₹63,058 crore → ₹69,296 crore (9.9%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_U4 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income, 63,058 -> 69,297 (6,239, +9.9%; z 1.099; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior (cl… | ₹69,296 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income) Before → after balancing: ₹41,501 crore → ₹45,754 crore (10.2%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_R5 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income, 41,501 -> 45,755 (4,254, +10.2%; z 1.102; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior (c… | ₹45,754 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income_mf) Before → after balancing: ₹38,807 crore → ₹42,868 crore (10.5%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_U5 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income_mf, 38,807 -> 42,869 (4,062, +10.5%; z 1.105; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior… | ₹42,868 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income) Before → after balancing: ₹37,560 crore → ₹41,348 crore (10.1%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_U3 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income, 37,560 -> 41,348 (3,789, +10.1%; z 1.101; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior (c… | ₹41,348 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income) Before → after balancing: ₹35,645 crore → ₹39,761 crore (11.5%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_R4 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income, 35,645 -> 39,762 (4,117, +11.6%; z 1.116; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior (c… | ₹39,761 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income_mf) Before → after balancing: ₹27,775 crore → ₹30,522 crore (9.9%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. Cell H_U4 <- E_NFPR: 1,14,713 -> 1,26,062 (11,349, +9.9%; 4 entries). Largest moves: fincorp R8a distributed_income 6,239 (+9.9%); fincorp R8a distributed_income_mf 2,748 (+9.9%); fincorp R8a dividends 1,457 (… | ₹30,522 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income) Before → after balancing: ₹23,780 crore → ₹26,393 crore (11.0%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_R3 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income, 23,780 -> 26,393 (2,613, +11.0%; z 1.110; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior (c… | ₹26,393 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · dividends) Before → after balancing: ₹20,575 crore → ₹22,728 crore (10.5%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_U5 <- E_NFPR R8a dividends, 20,575 -> 22,729 (2,154, +10.5%; z 1.105; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior (closure hh… | ₹22,728 crore | Set by balancing |
| Railway and postal pensions (R9d · railways) Before → after balancing: ₹19,777 crore → ₹21,754 crore (10.0%) Why it moved: explained. Explained (bounded; government-33, audit BS-6). Cell H_U5 <- E_NFPU: 27,523 -> 31,128 (3,605, +13.1%; 4 entries). Largest moves: government R9d railways 1,977 (+10.0%); fincorp R8a mf_lookthrough 1,275 (+30.3%); governme… Held by: R9d railways pensions paid by departmental enterprises near their published total (band 10%) | ₹21,754 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income) Before → after balancing: ₹18,286 crore → ₹20,217 crore (10.6%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_U2 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income, 18,286 -> 20,217 (1,932, +10.6%; z 1.106; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior (c… | ₹20,217 crore | Set by balancing |
| Interest and dividends received by households (R8a · distributed_income_mf) Before → after balancing: ₹18,280 crore → ₹20,153 crore (10.2%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. H_R5 <- E_NFPR R8a distributed_income_mf, 18,280 -> 20,153 (1,874, +10.2%; z 1.102; free low; no constraint binds on it). Households fell short of NAS 2026 St 1.9 household saving by Z = -3,84,547 in the prior… | ₹20,153 crore | Set by balancing |
and 68 more entries
Sources
- IRDAI Handbook on Indian Insurance Statistics 2024-25Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. Table Table 44, Summary Table C, Table 51, Table 24, Table 25. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
- Periodic Labour Force Survey - Annual Reports (July-June to 2023-24; calendar year from 2025)NSO, MoSPI. Table Table (26), Highlights D, Table2, Table (20), Table (35), Table (51). Retrieved 2026-09-29.
- SEBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian Securities Market 2025-26 (per-table XLSX)SEBI. Table Table 72. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
- IFPRI Nexus SAM for India 2022/23 - data paper (PDF, printed tables only)IFPRI Nexus Project (CGIAR). Table Table 11, Table 10. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
- eSankhyiki open API (api.mospi.gov.in) and MCP serverMoSPI (NSO); code on GitHub nso-india. Table PLFS annual indicator 6, PLFS annual indicator 7, PLFS annual indicator 8, NSS-77 AIDIS indicator 5, NSS-77 AIDIS indicator 9. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
Notes on this figure
- Level set by a judgement band, not by data (Checkpoint B §6b)
- Direction explained, level not
- Estimated with the old-base (2022-23 NAS) structure
- Uses a stated assumption; method one click away