elangana Budget Session Today, Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka’s Budget 2025 Live Updates: Telangana Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka faces a tough task in balancing spending on welfare schemes and managing fiscal discipline, as he gets ready for presenting his second Budget on Wednesday. The Budget size for 2025-26 is likely to be in the range of ₹3.1-3.3 lakh crore as against the last year’s size of ₹2.91 lakh crore. The capital expenditure would be around ₹40,000 crore as against last year’s projections of ₹33,500 crore. The key challenge for him is to mobilise resources to pay salaries and pensions. This would require ₹6,500 crore. While debt servicing takes another ₹6,500 crore, the State is left with just ₹5,500 crore in the monthly income of ₹18,000-18,500 crore.
Telangana’s Budget 2025-26 in focus: Key fiscal realities
* Budget size: ₹3.1-3.3 lakh crore (up from ₹2.91 lakh crore last year)
* Capital expenditure: Likely around ₹40,000 crore, up from ₹33,500 crore last year
* Debt burden: ₹6.71 lakh crore, with ₹1.60 lakh crore borrowed in 15 months
* Resource mobilisation challenge: ₹6,500 crore needed for salaries, another ₹6,500 crore for debt servicing
* Fiscal strain: ₹4,000 crore ‘hand loan’ taken last month to pay salaries
* GSDP growth: 11.9% YoY increase, outperforming India’s 9.1% growth
* Welfare strain: ₹18,000 crore more needed to implement 20-25 welfare schemes
* Key allocations: Expected for Musi riverfront development, regional ring road, and future city project
* Startup support: Possible introduction of a Fund of Funds for AI and health tech