Sitting ministers

From the Cabinet Secretariat council. Rank is not a score.

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  Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

  Rajya Sabha · Karnataka · BJP

  Cabinet Minister · Finance

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  Shri Pankaj Choudhary

  Lok Sabha · Maharajganj · BJP

  Minister of State · Finance

Union Budget 2026-27

Listed Budget Estimate, net of receipts and recoveries, in ₹ crore. Not a spend score, and not money in a minister's pocket.

• Demand 30 · Department of Economic Affairs₹20,559.11 cr
• Demand 31 · Department of Expenditure₹525.53 cr
• Demand 32 · Department of Financial Services₹3,746.95 cr
• Demand 33 · Department of Public Enterprises₹29.6 cr
• Demand 34 · Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM)₹55.92 cr
• Demand 35 · Department of Revenue₹2,513.02 cr
• Demand 36 · Direct Taxes₹15,304.57 cr
• Demand 37 · Indirect Taxes₹27,682.63 cr
• Demand 38 · Indian Audit and Accounts Department₹6,436.84 cr
• Demand 39 · Interest Payments₹14,03,971.79 cr
• Demand 40 · Repayment of Debtnot listed
• Demand 41 · Pensions₹97,500 cr
• Demand 42 · Transfers to States₹3,94,183.52 cr

Source: Expenditure Budget, Ministry of Finance · as of 27 Aug 2026

Listed questions

• 21 Dec 2021 · starred

  Gold Smuggling

  John Brittas · Rajya Sabha

• 21 Dec 2021 · unstarred

  Restraint spending in various Ministries

  Abdul Wahab · Rajya Sabha

• 14 Dec 2021 · unstarred

  Off-budget borrowing

  John Brittas · Rajya Sabha

• 7 Dec 2021 · unstarred

  Revenue from Long Term Capital Gains Tax on Mutual funds

  Neeraj Shekhar · Rajya Sabha

• 7 Dec 2021 · unstarred

  Mechanism to regulate Cryptocurrency in transactions

  Abdul Wahab · Rajya Sabha

• 30 Nov 2021 · unstarred

  Views of DFS on coverage under Old Pension Scheme after Courts' judgements

  · Rajya Sabha