Flow · States and local bodies → Goods & services
States' spending on public services
Value in 2023-24
₹21.70 lakh crore
7.5% 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
What the States and local bodies spend on public services, such as the pay of teachers, police and health workers and the goods they buy, counted as government final consumption expenditure. Total government consumption follows national accounts; the Centre/State split is estimated.
Overlapping series (69.5% of it is in this flow; the rest is in The Centre's spending on public services)
Government consumption (GFCE)
SAM 2023-24: 10.7% of GDP
- 2011-12: Sources are joined here: the series continues as mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO).
- 2011-12: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_api_b2011_back (NB) to mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO).
- 2022-23: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO) to mospi_nas_2026_s1_1 (NN). New GDP base (2022-23). Earlier years are on the 2011-12 base; levels are not directly comparable, shares are closer.
- 2025-26: Sources are joined here: the series continues as mospi_nas_2026_api_b2022_annual (NP).
- 2025-26: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_s1_1 (NN) to mospi_nas_2026_api_b2022_annual (NP).
Checked against the 2023-24 SAM: the series matches.
What is inside
The entries that make up this flow, largest first.
| Item | Value | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Government consumption, Centre and States (C2a) Before → after balancing: ₹9.93 lakh crore → ₹10.64 lakh crore (7.1%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. C_PADM <- G_STA C2a total, 9,93,449 -> 10,64,464 (71,015, +7.1%; z 1.071; free medium; binding: gov.c2.total (target 31,21,027, balanced 31,21,028, at its upper edge); gfce.c_padm (target 17,82,644, balanced 1… Held by: GFCE (all C2a entries) = NAS 1.14 GG FCE within Rs 1 crore (the SUT total differs by Rs 0.23 crore); SUT 2023-24 Use-table GFCE column for C_PADM (1 SUT cell(s); 0 = no such use) | ₹10.64 lakh crore | Set by balancing |
| Government consumption, Centre and States (C2a) Before → after balancing: ₹6.90 lakh crore → ₹6.97 lakh crore (1.1%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. C_EDUC <- G_STA C2a total, 6,89,782 -> 6,97,089 (7,306, +1.1%; z 1.011; free medium; binding: gov.c2.total (target 31,21,027, balanced 31,21,028, at its upper edge); gfce.c_educ (target 7,41,336, balanced 7,41… Held by: GFCE (all C2a entries) = NAS 1.14 GG FCE within Rs 1 crore (the SUT total differs by Rs 0.23 crore); SUT 2023-24 Use-table GFCE column for C_EDUC (1 SUT cell(s); 0 = no such use) | ₹6.97 lakh crore | Set by balancing |
| Government consumption, Centre and States (C2a) Before → after balancing: ₹2.11 lakh crore → ₹2.13 lakh crore (1.3%) Held by: GFCE (all C2a entries) = NAS 1.14 GG FCE within Rs 1 crore (the SUT total differs by Rs 0.23 crore) | ₹2.13 lakh crore | Estimated |
| Government consumption, Centre and States (C2a) Before → after balancing: ₹1.01 lakh crore → ₹1.07 lakh crore (6.4%) Why it moved: explained. Explained. C_CNST <- G_STA C2a total, 1,00,742 -> 1,07,173 (6,430, +6.4%; z 1.064; free low; binding: gov.c2.total (target 31,21,027, balanced 31,21,028, at its upper edge); gfce.c_cnst (target 1,15,147, balanced 1,15,14… Held by: GFCE (all C2a entries) = NAS 1.14 GG FCE within Rs 1 crore (the SUT total differs by Rs 0.23 crore); SUT 2023-24 Use-table GFCE column for C_CNST (1 SUT cell(s); 0 = no such use) | ₹1.07 lakh crore | Set by balancing |
| Government consumption, Centre and States (C2a) Before → after balancing: ₹88,170 crore → ₹88,172 crore (0.0%) Held by: GFCE (all C2a entries) = NAS 1.14 GG FCE within Rs 1 crore (the SUT total differs by Rs 0.23 crore); SUT 2023-24 Use-table GFCE column for C_UTIL (2 SUT cell(s); 0 = no such use) | ₹88,172 crore | Estimated |
Sources
- National Accounts Statistics 2026 (new base 2022-23), per-statement XLSXNational Accounts Division, NSO, MoSPI. Table Statement 4.1, Statement 8.15.1. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
- Union Government Finance Accounts, Appropriation Accounts and Accounts at a Glance (audited)Controller General of Accounts (audited by C&AG). Table Finance Accounts 2023-24, Appendix to Statement No. 9 (IGAS-2), Finance Accounts 2023-24, Statement No. 9. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
- Supply and Use Tables 2022-23 and 2023-24 (base 2022-23)National Accounts Division, NSO, MoSPI. Table Use Table 2023-24. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
- State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2025-26Reserve Bank of India. Table Appendix II. Retrieved 2026-09-29.Link withheld until RBI grants permission (ISSUES P1-9)