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3. Public Finance
65 questions 1. When did Telangana's fiscal strategy undergo a major realignment toward transparency and fiscal discipline? ↓
2. What is the total expenditure for Telangana in 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
3. What is the revenue expenditure for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
4. What is the capital expenditure for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
5. What percentage of revenue expenditure does development expenditure constitute in 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
6. What are the total receipts for Telangana in 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
7. What are the revenue receipts for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
8. What are the capital receipts for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
9. What is Telangana's full Budget at a Glance for 2025-26, comparing 2023-24 Accounts, 2024-25 RE, and 2025-26 BE? ↓
10. What are the four components of Telangana's revenue receipts for 2025-26 (BE), and their shares? ↓
11. What amount is accounted for by Loans and Advances plus Capital Disbursements in the 2025-26 total expenditure? ↓
12. What are the two components of development expenditure in revenue expenditure? ↓
13. What is Telangana's social services expenditure on the revenue account for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
14. What is Telangana's economic services expenditure on the revenue account for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
15. What are development expenses and non-development expenses within revenue expenditure for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
16. What are interest payments on FRBM loans placed at for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
17. What are public debt receipts under FRBM placed at for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
18. What are public debt repayments on FRBM loans placed at for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
19. What is the projected revenue surplus for 2025-26 (BE)? ↓
20. What is the fiscal deficit placed at for 2025-26? ↓
21. What are the five major tax components of State Own Tax Revenue (SOTR)? ↓
22. What was the composition of SOTR during Q1-Q3 of 2025-26? ↓
23. What was the increase in aggregate State Own Tax Revenue (SOTR) for April-December, from 2024-25 to 2025-26? ↓
24. What was the comparison of Telangana's SOTR components for April-December in 2024-25 vs 2025-26? ↓
25. What was the quarter-wise (Q1, Q2, Q3) break-up of SOTR components for 2025-26? ↓
26. What was Telangana's tax devolution received per Rs. 1 contributed to the Centre, based on the five-year assessment (2018-19 to 2022-23)? ↓
27. How did the amount received by Telangana per rupee contributed to the Centre change from 2018-19 to 2022-23? ↓
28. What was Telangana's total tax contribution to the Centre and devolution received during 2018-19 to 2022-23? ↓
29. What was the state-wise comparison of tax devolution received per Rs. 1 of tax contribution (2018-19 to 2022-23 Total)? ↓
30. Which state recorded the highest tax devolution ratio per rupee contributed (2018-19 to 2022-23 Total)? ↓
31. Which body conducts audits of receipts and expenditures of the Union, State, and Union Territory Governments? ↓
32. How many general category states are used for comparative fiscal analysis in this chapter? ↓
33. What is Telangana's Revenue Receipts to GSDP (RR/GSDP) ratio for 2023-24? ↓
34. How does Telangana's RR/GSDP ratio compare across general category states (2023-24)? ↓
35. What is Telangana's Development Expenditure to GSDP ratio for 2023-24? ↓
36. How does Telangana's Development Expenditure to GSDP ratio compare across general category states (2023-24)? ↓
37. What is Telangana's Interest Payments to Revenue Receipts ratio for 2023-24 (FRBM loans only)? ↓
38. How does Telangana's Interest Payments to Revenue Receipts ratio compare across general category states (2023-24)? ↓
39. In absolute terms, how much did Telangana spend on interest payments towards FRBM loans in 2023-24? ↓
40. What do FRBM loans exclude, unlike total State liabilities? ↓
41. What is Telangana's total outstanding debt as on 1 December 2023? ↓
42. What is Telangana's total outstanding debt as on 31 December 2025? ↓
43. How much did the State and its entities raise in fresh loans between 1 December 2023 and 31 December 2025? ↓
44. How much was repaid (principal + interest) by the State between 1 December 2023 and 31 December 2025? ↓
45. What is the full breakdown of Telangana's debt servicing, interest burden, and borrowing dynamics up to December 2025? ↓
46. What share of total debt servicing did interest payments alone account for, during Dec 2023 to Dec 2025? ↓
47. When was the Sixteenth Finance Commission (FC-16) Report tabled in Parliament? ↓
48. What is the award period covered by the Sixteenth Finance Commission? ↓
49. What three types of grants has the Sixteenth Finance Commission discontinued? ↓
50. What is the recommended share of States in the divisible pool of Central taxes under FC-16? ↓
51. What is excluded when calculating the divisible pool of Central taxes? ↓
52. What criteria and weights does the FC-16 use for horizontal distribution among States, compared to the 15th FC and Telangana's proposal? ↓
53. Which criterion receives the highest weight in the horizontal devolution formula under FC-16? ↓
54. What new parameter does FC-16 introduce in the horizontal devolution formula, and what does it replace? ↓
55. What is Telangana's horizontal (inter se) share under the Sixteenth Finance Commission? ↓
56. What is Telangana's inter se share under successive Finance Commissions? ↓
57. How much has FC-16 recommended in grants for rural and urban local bodies respectively? ↓
58. Into what two components are local body grants divided under FC-16? ↓
59. What are the three entry-level criteria for local bodies to receive FC-16 grants? ↓
60. What are Telangana's total allocations for rural and urban local body grants over the FC-16 award period? ↓
61. What is Telangana's allocation under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)? ↓
62. What is Telangana's allocation under the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF)? ↓
63. What fiscal deficit ceiling has FC-16 recommended for States? ↓
64. What type of borrowings has FC-16 recommended States discontinue? ↓
65. What are the three priorities outlined in Telangana's public finance "Way Forward" strategy? ↓