Budget 2021: Lion’s share of MHA allocation for police forces, SPG funds slashed

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been allotted simply over Rs 1.66 lakh crore within the Union Budget 2021-22, marginally decrease than the allocation of Rs 1.67 lakh crore within the final price range.
Most of the important thing allocations for MHA on this price range have kind of remained the identical because the final price range.
The lion’s share of this allocation has gone to police forces and organisations, at Rs 1,03,802 crore. Of this, Rs 9,715 crore is capital expenditure. Both the figures are marginally decrease than the final price range.

Jammu and Kashmir, which on account of getting been newly carved out as a Union Territory was granted Rs 30,757 crore within the final price range, has once more been allotted the identical. Ladakh too has been allotted Rs 5,958 crore on this price range, similar because the final.
For census, the 2020-21 price range had allotted Rs 4,568 crore. However, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the census couldn’t be carried out this yr. In the present price range,Census has been allotted Rs 3,768 crore.
Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), which embody forces such because the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, CISF and the Assam Rifles, have been allotted Rs 77,838 crore, virtually the identical because the final price range. The Intelligence Bureau too has been allotted Rs 2,839 crore, a determine similar to the final price range.

There is a big slash within the price range of Special Protection Group (SPG), although. SPG allocation has been reduce from Rs 592 crore within the final price range to Rs 429 crore this price range. The SPG is now restricted to solely offering safety to the PM and his quick household, other than former PMs and their quick members of the family for as much as 5 years after demitting workplace. The authorities had in 2019 stripped the Gandhi household of SPG cowl. Currently, the three,000-strong pressure protects solely PM Narendra Modi.
Central Police Organisations such the Narcotics Control Bureau and the National Investigation Agency, amongst others, have been allotted Rs 1,000 crore. Police infrastructure expenditure has, nonetheless, dropped from Rs 4,134 crore within the final price range to Rs 3,612 crore on this price range.
The just lately introduced National Forensic Science University and Rashtriya Raksha University have been allotted Rs 67 crore and Rs 70 crore respectively.
Establishment expenditure price range for the council of ministers has gone up from Rs 766 crore to Rs 1,160 crore on this price range. According to the price range, “the provision is for expenditure on salaries, sumptuary and other allowances and travel by Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and ex-Prime Ministers. This also includes provision for Special Extra Session Flight Operations for VVIPs.”
The allocation for National Security Council Secretariat has gone up from Rs 170 crore to Rs 228 crore. The allocation for the Office of Principal Scientific Advisor has additionally gone up massively, from Rs 78 crore to Rs 580 crore. “The provision is for meeting the administrative expenses of Office of Principal Scientific Advisor and National Research Foundation,” the price range has mentioned.