Telangana's Half-Year Accounts: Revenue Up 19.6%, but a ₹15,096-Crore Revenue Deficit Against a Budgeted Surplus

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has released Telangana's accounts for the first six months of 2026-27, from April to September.

Income

• Revenue receipts were ₹92,013.18 crore, up 19.6% from ₹76,940.94 crore in the same period last year.
• Tax revenue was ₹82,552.96 crore, up 14.9% from ₹71,836.65 crore.
• GST brought in ₹29,565 crore, against a full-year estimate of ₹61,565 crore.

Spending and deficit

• The budget projected a full-year revenue surplus of ₹6,858 crore. Instead, the state ran a revenue deficit of ₹15,096 crore in six months.
• Net borrowings were ₹44,612 crore, which Telangana Today says is 72.59% of the year's limit.
• Interest payments were ₹16,565 crore, salaries ₹25,258 crore and pensions ₹14,235 crore.
• Capital spending was ₹27,743 crore, or 58.69% of the budget estimate, compared with 60.84% at this point last year.

With 72.59% of the year's borrowing limit used in six months, the state has less room to borrow in the second half. The state government has not commented on the figures.