Where does your
tax actually go?
Put in your salary. See what you actually hand over, and what the government buys with it — split exactly the way the Union Budget 2026–27 splits every rupee it spends.
New regime, FY 2026–27, salaried. Standard deduction, the section 87A rebate, surcharge and cess are all applied.
You hand over
8.4%
of your salary — ₹1,50,800 a year. That leaves ₹1,37,433 a month before any other deduction.
Where it goes
Split the way the Union Budget 2026–27 splits every rupee it spends.
- Interest on past borrowing₹39,594
26.3% · Servicing debt the government already owes
- Defence₹22,129
14.7% · Armed forces, equipment and defence pensions
- Roads and highways₹8,739
5.8% · National highway construction and upkeep
- Railways₹7,935
5.3% · Track, rolling stock and network expansion
- Police and internal security₹7,198
4.8% · Ministry of Home Affairs
- Food and public distribution₹6,755
4.5% · Ration subsidy and food security
- Rural development₹5,556
3.7% · Employment guarantee, rural roads and housing
- Agriculture₹3,963
2.6% · Farmer income support, crop insurance
- Education₹3,928
2.6% · Schools, higher education and skilling
- Health₹3,004
2.0% · Hospitals, insurance and public health
- Telecom and post₹2,884
1.9% · Ministry of Communications
- Water and sanitation₹2,674
1.8% · Jal Shakti — drinking water, rivers
- Everything else₹36,442
24.2% · All other ministries, schemes and transfers to states
Before rebate, surcharge and cess.
4% levied on top of the tax you owe.
The largest single claim on your tax — interest on borrowing already done.