“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 budgets ₹8,025 crore in revenue against ₹7,462 crore of expenditure for 2026–27 — a decade in which the budget has grown from ₹4,550 crore, and per-capita spending from ₹2,742 to ₹4,468.
The structural fact underneath is dependence. State and central grants together come to ₹4,550 crore, about 57% of all revenue, while everything KMC raises itself — property tax, other taxes, fees and charges — totals ₹3,150 crore. The city does not fund itself.
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What this page shows
Revenue against expenditure across ten budget years, department-wise spending, the composition of revenue, and per-capita expenditure. The largest single expenditure head for 2026–27 is administration at ₹1,150 crore, followed by roads and bridges (₹1,020 crore) and pensions (₹930 crore). Drainage and sewerage takes ₹800 crore, water supply ₹690 crore, solid waste ₹670 crore, and education ₹230 crore.
Where the data comes from
Kolkata Municipal Corporation budget statements, 2017–18 through 2026–27, in crore rupees. KMC publishes these as PDFs, so the figures here are a curated summary transcribed from those documents rather than a machine-readable extract.
Limitations worth knowing
Later years in the series are budget estimates, not audited actuals — the 2026–27 column is a plan, and Indian municipal bodies routinely under-spend capital allocations relative to budget. Because the figures are summary-level, they cannot show variance between what was allocated and what was eventually spent. Per-capita figures use KMC's own population assumptions, which track the wider agglomeration rather than the 4.5 million residents inside the municipal boundary, so they understate spending per resident served.
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