- The single biggest line item for the corporation is employee-related costs. A total of ₹3,881.70 crore is allocated for salaries and benefits, ensuring the upkeep of the workforce managing the city's vast 516 sq. km area. This makes up approximately 22% of the total budgeted expenditure.
- The road maintenance and lighting department commands the highest departmental outlay of approximately 2755 crore of the total budgeted expenditure. Of this, close to 79% is budgeted for capital expenses.
- The increased number of infrastructure development programs announced in the budget are reflected by a ₹1,980 crore allocation for the Planning and Infrastructure department. This reflects a focus on easing chronic congestion through flyovers, road widening, and the expansion of the EV bus fleet.
- Reflecting the city's geographic expansion, ₹954 crore is specifically earmarked for providing basic amenities like drainage and streetlights in the 34 newly merged villages.
- Water Supply & Sewerage Infrastructure departments remain major spenders to support the growing population, with ₹2,017.43 crore allocated to Water Supply and ₹1,216.48 crore to Sewerage Projects.
- On the public utility front while expenditure on Education has increased by a total of 15 % as compared to the previous year, a significant amount of this expenditure, is allocated to the salary component. For example 66% of the allocation for the year 2026-27 in education is earmarked for salaries.
- While infrastructure scales into the thousands of crores, technical and secondary departments remain at the bottom of the list. The Information Technology (IT) Department is allocated ₹56.73 crore, and the Environment Department receives one of the lowest independent outlays at ₹51.59 crore.
Expenditure at a glance
Revenue expenditure (such as salary or maintenance) is recurring in nature. In contrast, capital expenditure (such as construction of a new building or purchase of machinery) is non-recurring in nature and usually of large magnitude. Observe how certain departments are heavily funded by capital expenditure, while certain others get very little capital expenditure.
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Share of salary expenditure
Observe how certain departments such as 'General administration and tax collection' and 'Education' spend a large portion of their expenditure on salary. In contrast, departments like 'Road maintenance and lighting' have a higher proportion of non-salary expenditure. PRO has identified salary expenditures by specifically looking for terms such as 'वेतन', 'महागाई भत्ता', and 'भविष्यनिर्वाह निधी'. Expenditure on contract labor or temporary labor is not included in this.
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Expenditures suggested by citizens (Citizens' Participatory Budget).
Pune is one of the few early cities in India to have successfully implemented the process of inviting budgetary inputs directly from its citizens. This portion of the budget is called the Citizens' Participatory Budget. In 2026-27, expenditure of about Rs. 40 crore has been budgeted based on the suggestions by citizens. Click on any bar to see more details about this expenditure.
Ward-office-wise: Revenue and Capital expenditures
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Ward-office-wise: Expense purpose
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