Union Budget 2022 | Intelligence Bureau sees highest allocation in 7 years
The Hindu
Funds provided for Census, National Population Register
In the Union Budget 2022-23, the Intelligence Bureau has received one of its highest allocation of ₹3,168 crore in the past seven years. This is an increase of 125% since 2016-17 when it was assigned ₹1,410 crore.
In 2021-22, IB was allocated ₹2,839.24 crore and in 2020-21, the amount stood at ₹2,575.25 crore.
Though Census 2021, a decennial exercise has been indefinitely delayed on the grounds of COVID-19 pandemic, the Registrar General of India (RGI) has been allocated ₹3,676 crore in the financial year 2022-23. During the last fiscal, the total Budget allocation for RGI to conduct the Census and update the National Population Register (NPR) stood at ₹3,768 crore. But the actual allocation was revised to ₹519.80 crore in 2021-22 as the first-ever digital Census was not conducted. The funds allocated for a particular head are surrendered to the consolidated fund of India if they remain unused by the end of the fiscal.
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