*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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Social sector share of union government expenditure in India FY 2010-FY 2023
During the financial year 2022, the social sector's share in the union government's total expenditure stood at ** 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 ** percent, the lowest during the recorded period since the financial year 2010.
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