Union home ministry allocated Rs. 2.19 lakh crores in interim budget 2024-25
Majority of the budget Rs. 1,43,275.90 crore has been given to central armed police forces, which are responsible for internal security, border guarding, and security of vital installations
New Delhi, July 24
The Ministry of Home Affairs was allocated Rs 2,19,643.31 crores in the union budget 2024-25 in the Modi 3.0 government that came to power again.
Majority of the budget -- Rs 1,43,275.90 crore has been given to central armed police forces, which are responsible for internal security, border guarding, and security of vital installations.
Among the paramilitary forces, the CRPF got Rs 31,543.20 crore, up from a revised estimate of Rs 31,389.04 in 2023-24, the BSF got Rs 25,472.44 crore (Rs 25,038.68 crore in 2023-24), the CISF was allotted Rs 14,331.89 crore (Rs 12,929.85 crore in 2023-24), the ITBP got Rs 8,634.21 crore (Rs 8,203.68 crore in 2023-24), the SSB was given Rs 8,881.81 crore (Rs 8,435.68 crore in 2023-24) and the Assam Rifles was allotted Rs 7,428.33 crore (Rs 7,276.29 crore in 2023-24).
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is mostly deployed for internal security duties, operations against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, Naxals in central and eastern India and the insurgents in the Northeast.
The Border Security Force (BSF) guards India's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh and it is also deployed for internal security duties.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) guards vital installations like nuclear plants, airports, and metro networks.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) guards the Sino-Indian border, the Shashastra Seema Bal (SSB) guards the India-Nepal and India-Bhutan borders, while the Assam Rifles protects India's border with Myanmar.
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been allocated Rs 3,823.83 crore (Rs 3,268.94 crore in 2023-24), the Delhi Police got Rs 11,180.33 crore (Rs 11,940.33 crore in 2023-24), the Special Protection Group got Rs 506.32 crore (Rs 446.82 crore in 2023-24).
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.
In addition to that, the 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. Additionally, Rs 6,458 crore has been given for disaster management, relief and rehabilitation and grants-in-air to state governments among others.
The budget allocated Rs 3199.62 crore for security related expenditure and Special Infrastructure Scheme for Left Wi
