Telangana's Rs 3.24 lakh crore budget for 2026-27: the numbers that matter

Hyderabad Stories published this report on 11 October 2026 as part of a review of March 2026. It was drafted with AI assistance from the reports listed at the end, each read in full; quotations are as those reports printed them. Photo above — The Dr B. R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat beside Hussain Sagar.

Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka presented the Congress government's third full budget on Friday, 20 March 2026. "I propose a total expenditure of Rs 3,24,234 crore," he told the Assembly — up from Rs 3.04 lakh crore the year before.

The headline numbers

• Total expenditure: Rs 3,24,234 crore, including Rs 23,025 crore of debt repayment. Revenue spending is Rs 2,34,406 crore and capital spending Rs 47,267 crore.
• Fiscal deficit: Rs 58,459 crore, or 3% of GSDP.
• Borrowing: gross Rs 79,984 crore; outstanding liabilities estimated at 28.7% of GSDP.
• The economy: GSDP growth of 10.7% in 2025-26 against 8% nationally, and per-capita income of Rs 4,18,931.

What is new

The budget announced the Indiramma Family Life Insurance Scheme, a Rs 5 lakh cover for every family; a breakfast scheme from pre-primary to intermediate; midday meals for government junior colleges; a CM Overseas Employment Programme; and two lakh new Cheyutha pensions. Rajiv Yuva Vikasam gets Rs 5,800 crore and the Young India Integrated Residential Schools Rs 5,000 crore.

For cities, the budget provides Rs 9,229 crore in assistance to local bodies and urban development authorities. The state also said it had restructured Rs 25,612 crore of high-interest loans.

Later: the insurance scheme's launch, first planned for 2 June, was moved to 19 November 2026.

Sources

• Telangana presents Rs 3.24 lakh crore budget for 2026-27 — The News Minute (IANS), 20 March 2026
• Telangana Budget Analysis 2026-27 — PRS Legislative Research