Direct, indirect taxes to yield 64 paise of every rupee in Govt coffers

For every rupee in the Government’s coffers, the largest slice of 64 paise will come from direct and indirect taxes, according to the Union Budget 2026-27 documents.Around 24 paise will come from borrowings and other liabilities, 10 paise from non-tax revenue like disinvestment, and 2 paise from non-debt capital receipts, the Budget documents showed. Income tax will yield 21 paise, corporation tax 18 paise, and Goods and Services Tax (GST) 15 paise per rupee of revenue.

Besides, the Government looks to earn 6 paise from excise duty and 4 paise from customs levy in every rupee of revenue. The collection from “borrowings and other liabilities” will be 24 paise per rupee, as per the Union Budget 2026-27 presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday.The Budget documents provide a fractional breakdown for `1 that comes in and gets spent.