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Budgetary Allocations in Kerala: Trend and Pattern

Author(s) Nishanthi PU
Country India
Abstract The government uses the budget as a tool to regulate the entire economy. The government's socioeconomic priorities are always in line with budget guidelines. Budget analysis would shed light on government policies in a number of areas, most notably health and education. Every allocation affects people in different ways. Their current skill set determines these effects. Budgetary allocations will not benefit those who lack the requisite skills. This implies that depending on their current capacities, budgets have different effects on class, community, and gender. This necessitates identifying current plans, initiatives, and policies to determine whether or not they align with these priorities. To understand the trend and pattern of budgetary allocations, secondary data is used. We look at budgetary records from 1957–1958 to 2025–2026. The budget document, demand for grants is examined to ascertain each head's portion of the total budgetary allotments. The proportion assigned to each head is calculated by dividing the allocation by the total budgetary allocation. Budget estimates are used to calculate the allocations. The allocation trend is downward even though the distribution pattern stayed mostly unchanged. The top four allocation categories—pension and miscellaneous, education, compensation and assignment, and health—show this declining tendency. The allocation to welfare and social security was the only area where the opposite trend was evident.
Keywords Budgetary allocations, Education, Health, social security
Field Arts
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-31
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.64512

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