In the Union Budget for 2021-22 introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, the pressure obtained Rs 429.05 crore, an increase of Rs 2.78 crore (or 0.65 per cent hike) from the final budget.
Though the budget doc says the funds “embrace provision for Special Protection Group which supplies proximate safety to Prime Minister of India, former Prime Ministers, Members of their speedy household and different protectees”, the SPG act was amended in December 2019 underneath which safety might be supplied to the Prime Minister and members his speedy household residing with him at his official residence.
The finance minister has significantly loosened purse strings for the Central Police Organisations together with the Narcotics Control Bureau, the Bureau of Immigration, the National Crime Records Bureau, the Tear Smoke Unit, the National Investigation Agency and the Directorate of Coordination for Inter State Police Wireless Scheme which have been provisioned Rs 1000.70 crore for his or her administrative and different bills.
In the revised estimates for 2020-21, the Central Police Organisations have been allotted Rs 845.10 crore which has been elevated by over 18 per cent in the Budget introduced on Monday.