During the financial year 2022, the social sector's share in the union government's total expenditure stood at 24 percent, a decline from the financial year 2021. The share in the financial year 2021 hiked primarily due to the prioritization of social welfare schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the financial year 2023, the share is estimated to fall to 18 percent, the lowest during the recorded period since the financial year 2010.
Social sector contribution to union government expenditure in India from financial years 2010 to 2021, with estimates until 2023
*Revised estimates
**Budget estimates
India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2022 started in April 2021 and ended in March 2022.
The social sector includes education, rural development, health, water and sanitation, nutrition, social security and social justice, food security, urban poor welfare, tribal and minority affairs, employment, skill development, women and child welfare, and sports and culture.
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