The Budget presented on Saturday allotted Rs 1,05,244 crore to the Union Home Ministry with a marginal increase of Rs 2,024 crore from the previous year. The lion’s share of the Home Ministry Budget has gone to the paramilitary forces with the total allocation of Rs 92,054.53 crore for 2020-21.
As the work for the Census 2021 has begun, the Government has allocated Rs 4,278 crore under the Census Surveys and Statistics head. The Budget allocated Rs 1,126.62 crore for relief on account of natural calamities and Rs 842.45 crore for social security and welfare schemes.
Among the paramilitary forces, the CRPF, the world’s largest paramilitary forces was allotted Rs 26,259.41 crore, followed by BSF which got Rs 20,952.49 crore. The CISF got Rs 10,179.61 crore and SSB and Assam Riffles received Rs 6,599.95 crore and Rs 6,061.87 crore respectively from the Union Budget. The ITBP got Rs 6,522.10 and NSG received Rs 1,190 crore. The SPG was allotted Rs 592.55 crore. The NDRF was allotted Rs 1,018.17 crore.
The Intelligence Bureau was allotted Rs 2,575.25 crore and the Delhi Police was allotted Rs 8,242.46 crore. Generally all the security and Intelligence organisations received only a marginal increase in the Union Budget. There is sharp decrease of more than Rs 1,000 crore can be seen the budget figures of centrally sponsored schemes like in the modernisation of police forces, border area development programmes and special infrastructure in the Maoist affected areas.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Union Budget 2020-21 will contribute significantly in fulfilling the Modi Government’s resolve to double the income of farmers and provide unprecedented relief to the taxpayers. In a series of tweets, Shah also said world-class highways, railways, ports, airports, metros will be built in the country with the allocation of Rs 100 lakh crore.
“In this Budget, the Modi Government has taken effective steps to rationalise the tax system, boost the basic infrastructure, strengthen the banking system, promote investment and ease of doing business, which will further the Modi government’s resolve to make India a five trillion-dollar economy,” he said.
Shah said the Budget will contribute significantly in fulfilling the Modi Government’s resolve to double the income of farmers by making provision for irrigation and grain storage to the farmers of the country, as well as a fair price for their produce. “I congratulate the prime minister and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a Budget, which will benefit farmers, poor, salaried middle class and business class,” he said.