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  "name": "Central-government capital spending",
  "hub": "Public finance",
  "topic": "Government accounts",
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  "period": "April through August 2026",
  "periodKey": "2026-08",
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    "formattedValue": "₹5.1 trillion · $53.5 billion",
    "change": "No comparable prior-year cumulative window is declared",
    "supportingFigures": "Capital expenditure was ₹5.1 trillion · $53.5 billion, or 41.7% of the 2026-27 budget estimate. This is central-government spending, not investment by all levels of government.",
    "inr": 5099490000000,
    "usd": 53521095717.88413
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    "name": "Controller General of Accounts",
    "url": "https://cga.nic.in/MonthlyReport/Published/8/2026-2027.aspx"
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  "readingValue": "₹5.1 trillion · $53.5 billion",
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    "text": "No comparable prior-year cumulative window is declared"
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    "reference": {
      "rate": 95.28,
      "date": "2026-10-13",
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  "dateModified": "2026-10-14T19:21:19.450Z",
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  "notes": [
    "Budget execution was +3.2 points relative to the same stage of the previous financial year. That comparison is a share of each year’s budget, not expenditure growth.",
    "The annual chart excludes the incomplete current year. Financial years run from April to March; the current total is cumulative from April.",
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            "₹12.22 trillion · $128 billion",
            "41.7%"
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          "id": "2018-19",
          "cells": [
            "2018-19",
            "₹3.03 trillion · $31.8 billion"
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        {
          "id": "2019-20",
          "cells": [
            "2019-20",
            "₹3.37 trillion · $35.3 billion"
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        },
        {
          "id": "2020-21",
          "cells": [
            "2020-21",
            "₹4.25 trillion · $44.6 billion"
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        {
          "id": "2021-22",
          "cells": [
            "2021-22",
            "₹5.93 trillion · $62.2 billion"
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          "id": "2022-23",
          "cells": [
            "2022-23",
            "₹7.36 trillion · $77.3 billion"
          ]
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        {
          "id": "2023-24",
          "cells": [
            "2023-24",
            "₹9.49 trillion · $99.5 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2024-25",
          "cells": [
            "2024-25",
            "₹10.52 trillion · $110 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2025-26",
          "cells": [
            "2025-26",
            "₹10.69 trillion · $112 billion"
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