Marginal increase in allocation for Home Ministry
The Hindu
Budget 2024: The Union Home Ministry receives a marginal increase in budget allocation, with increased funding for cyber crime coordination and criminal tracking systems, while the allocation for census survey is reduced.
The Union Home Ministry has been allocated ₹2.02-lakh crore in the Interim Budget, a marginal increase of 1.4% over the Revised Estimates for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
The allocation for the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS), which will enable the implementation of the three new criminal laws, has been increased. The allocation for the CCTNS has been increased to ₹520 crore from ₹221 crore in 2023-24. The allocation for the I4C has been increased to ₹150 crore from ₹94 crore.
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The allocation for Census Survey and Statistics has been slashed to ₹1,277.80 crore from ₹1546.65 crore in 2023-24, a further indication that the Census exercise, which was to be initially completed in 2021, is not planned in the first quarter of the fiscal. The Census was last held in 2011.
A sum of ₹1.32 lakh crore has been allocated for the police, which includes the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been allocated ₹37, 277.74 crore
Ladakh got ₹5,958 crore, Andaman and Nicobar Islands ₹5,866.37 crore, Chandigarh ₹5,862.62 crore, Puducherry ₹3,269 crore, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ₹2,648.97 crore, Lakshadweep ₹1,490.10 crore and Delhi ₹1,168.01 crore.
A sum of ₹1,248.91 crore has been given to the Cabinet under which the expenditure on the Council of Ministers, Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, and hospitality and entertainment of the government come.
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