“Je taka shohor-er, she taka shohor-er jonno — the city's money must serve the city.” — Bengali proverb
Kolkata Municipal Budget (KMC)
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) budget analysis
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation's 2026–27 budget estimates ₹5,791 crore of Revenue Fund receiptsagainst ₹5,902 crore of expenditure — a planned deficit of ₹111 crore. Every budget in the decade has been drawn up in deficit, and planned spending has grown from ₹3,390 crore in 2017–18.
The structural fact underneath is dependence. State government grants come to ₹3,130 crore, about 54% of planned receipts, while everything KMC raises itself — property tax, other taxes, fees and charges — totals ₹2,661 crore. And plans are not spending: in 2024–25 KMC budgeted ₹5,167 crore but actually spent ₹3,096 crore from the Revenue Fund.
About this data
What this page shows
Revenue against expenditure across ten budget years, department-wise spending, the composition of revenue, and grant dependence. The largest named expenditure head for 2026–27 is the pension fund contribution at ₹1,450 crore, followed by solid waste management (₹744 crore), administration (₹658 crore), water supply (₹457 crore), drainage and sewerage (₹354 crore) and roads (₹334 crore).
Where the data comes from
The Mayor's Budget Estimate Volume-II for each year, 2017–18 through 2026–27, which compares the new estimate with the previous year's revised estimate and pre-audited actuals (₹ lakh, converted to crore). Totals were cross-checked against the Mayor's budget speeches. Figures are KMC's Revenue Fund; grant-funded scheme and capital works run through separate “suspense heads” and are not included.
Limitations worth knowing
The series shows budget estimates, which are plans: pre-audited actual Revenue Fund spending has run at roughly 55–80% of the estimate. KMC has no separate capital account, so capital spending cannot be broken out. No per-capita figure is shown because there is no official population estimate for the municipal area after Census 2011.
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