It costs an astronomical Rs.15 lakh crore to run the Government. Yes, you read right, that is the size of the Government's central budget. The Government's wage bill if you include all PSUs and the Railways is Rs.59,143 crore. You might wonder that this figure appears to be on the higher side. Let me put things into perspective. Air India with 27,000 employees has an annual wage bill of Rs.3609 crore. Scary, you bet.