The West Bengal government tabled a Rs 4.06 lakh crore interim Budget for the 2026-27 fiscal in the state Assembly on Thursday. Tabling the Budget, the state rolled out cash support and allowance hike measures for women, youths and frontline workers ahead of the Assembly elections.
Some of the key highlights of the Budget include proposing an addition of Rs 500 per month for women beneficiaries under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme. Following the hike, women beneficiaries under the General Category will receive ₹1,500 per month, while those belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will receive ₹1,700 per month. Over 2 crore women are already beneficiaries. An additional 20.62 lakh women have been included.
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State Finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya also proposed an increase in dearness allowance for Bengal government staffers by 4 per cent, among several other welfare measures.
Here's a look at the proposed Budget allocation (net) in financial year 2026-27 for different departments:
Agriculture Marketing: Rs 434.05 crore
Agriculture: Rs 10,463.12 crore
Animal Resources Development: Rs 1,327.33 crore
Backward Classes Welfare: Rs 2,533.39 crore
Consumer Affairs: Rs 147.63 crore
Co-operation: Rs 637.40 crore
Correctional Administration: Rs 455.47 crore
Disaster Management & Civil Defence: Rs 3,119.99 crore
Environment: Rs 108.62 crore
Fire and Emergency Services: Rs 541.59 crore
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Fisheries: Rs 539.30 crore
Food and Supplies: Rs 10,408.37 crore
Food Processing Industries and Horticulture: Rs 258.35 crore
Forests: Rs 1,105.65 crore
Health & Family Welfare: Rs 22,338.08 crore
Higher Education: Rs 6,858.69 crore
Home & Hill Affairs: Rs 16,439.12 crore
Housing: Rs 295.37 crore
Industry, Commerce & Enterprises: Rs 1,483.97 crore
Information & Cultural Affairs: Rs 1,006.05 crore
Information Technology & Electronics: Rs 217.16 crore
Irrigation and Waterways: Rs 4,214.10 crore
Judicial: Rs 1,788.57 crore
Labour: Rs 1,268.26 crore
Land & Land Reforms and Refuge Relief & Rehabilitation: Rs 1,532.29 crore
Law: Rs 23.22 crore
Mass Education Extension and Library Services: Rs 318.09 crore
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles: Rs 1,250.15 crore
Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education: Rs 5,713.61 crore
Non-conventional & Renewable Energy Sources: Rs 105.27 crore
North Bengal Development: Rs 920.13 crore
Panchayats & Rural Development: Rs 46,293.09 crore
Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs: Rs 810.04 crore
Personnel & Administrative Reforms: Rs 447.89 crore
Planning and Statistics: Rs 618.68 crore
Power: Rs 5,343.59 crore
Public Enterprises & Industrial Reconstruction: Rs 73.45 crore
Public Health Engineering (PHE): Rs 12,906.80 crore
Public Works (PWD): Rs 7,133.00 crore
School Education: Rs 41,234.66 crore
Science and Technology and Biotechnology: Rs 82.34 crore
Self Help Group & Self Employment: Rs 821.92 crore
Sunderban Affairs: Rs 641.74 crore
Technical Education, Training and Skill Development: Rs 1,464.19 crore
Tourism: Rs 525.92 crore
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Transport: Rs 2,307.30 crore
Tribal Development: Rs 1,234.78 crore
Urban Development and Municipal Affairs: Rs 13,595.55 crore
Water Resources Investigation & Development: Rs 1,674.22 crore
Women and Child Development & Social Welfare: Rs 42,113.85 crore
Youth Services and Sports: Rs 881.89 crore
