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The Ministry of Home Affairs has received an allocation worth Rs 2.1 lakh crore from the Union Budget 2024. A majority of this fund has been given to central security forces like CRPF, BSF and CISF that are responsible for internal security.
Meanwhile, like most budgets, the highest allocation has been made to the Defence Ministry with the sector getting Rs 6.22 lakh crore, 4.79 per cent higher than FY 2023-34. Union Minister Rajnath Singh, who is at the helm of defence ministry, thanked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the substantial allocation which accounts for 12.9 per cent of the total budget.
The budget has been hailed by NDA ally partners especially the Janata Dal (United) and Telegu Desam Party as the states of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh received a special boost on Tuesday.
Who got what in the budget for MHA?
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF): Rs 31,543.20 crore
Border Security Force (BSF): Rs 25,472.44 crore
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF): Rs 14,331.89 crore
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP): Rs 8,634.21 crore
SSB: Rs 8,881.81 crore
Assam Rifles: Rs 7,428.33 crore
Intelligence Bureau (IB): Rs 3,823.83 crore
Delhi Police: Rs 11,180.33 crore
Special Protection Group (SPG): Rs 506.32 crore
Police infra, developmental schemes also get funds
Meanwhile, Rs 3,756.51 crore has been allocated to the Border Infrastructure and Management, Rs 3,152.36 crore has been given for developing police infrastructure, Rs 1,105 crore for schemes related to women’s safety, Rs 9,305.43 crore for various central sector projects and schemes sponsored by the home ministry, Rs 3,199.62 crore for security-related expenditure and Rs 1,050 crore for Vibrant Villages Programme.
Impact Shorts
View AllThe Safe City Project has been allotted Rs 214.44 crore, the National Forensic Science University got Rs 80 crore and the Rashtriya Raksha University has been given Rs 90 crore.
The budget also allocated Rs 1,309.46 crore (Rs 578.29 crore in 2023-24) towards work related to census and Rs 1,606.95 crore to the National Disaster Response Force (Rs 1,666.38 crore in 2023-24).
With inputs from PTI