The Centre’s non-tax revenues are budgeted to increase by 11.2 per cent to Rs 2.72 trillion in (FY20) 2019-20 (Budget Estimates, or BE), up from Rs 2.45 trillion in (FY19) 2018-19 (Revised Estimates, or RE), according to the interim Budget. The non-tax revenues are estimated to have grown by 27.3 per cent in FY19 (RE).
Despite a shortfall in dividend proceeds from public sector companies and proceeds from communication services, the government expects to marginally better its non-tax revenue target in FY19, as it expects an interim dividend of Rs 28,000 crore from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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