[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c9.s3.27 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c9.s3.27 Hindu Administrative Institutions c9.s3.27 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.27) Sukrāchārya has a budget in which the saving is 18 per cent of the total income and 50 per cent of the total annual land-revenue collections. According to \*Śiva Tattva Ratnākara\*¹ one-fourth of the total income must be kept as reserve. This reserve ought not to be touched.² Even a small amount should not be discarded. It would grow large, as a small fire would, with the feeding of ghee, and by continuous efforts. The following is the budget estimate of annual expenditure of a small state.³ - [Previous: c9.s3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.26) - [Next: c9.s3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.28) - [Up: c9.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.27) · Pramāṇa