FM gives Rs 1.6 lakh crore for police modernisation

The government has allocated Rs 1.6 lakh crore to the Ministr y of Home Affairs (MHA) focusing mainly on police modernisation, development in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

Out of the total amount allocated, Rs 1.5 lakh crore is under revenue head and Rs 15,924 crore is under capital outlay.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Rs 30,757 crore has been allocated to Jammu and Kashmir and Rs 5,958 crore for Ladakh -- the two newly created Union Territories.

Focusing on police modernisation, the government has allocated Rs 1.03 lakh crore under police section out of which Rs 94,086.59 crore has been allocated under revenue head and Rs 9,715.93 crore under capital outlay.

The Central Reserve Police Force, responsible for counter insurgency and internal security across the disturbed areas in India, has been allocated Rs 26,197.90 crore as against the revised budget allocation of Rs 24,788.28 crore during last year.