Rs 100 crore for war memorial, museum
The Government allocated Rs 100 crore for construction of a war memorial and a war museum at Princess Park near India Gate here. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the country is deeply indebted to officers and jawans of the armed forces for having made huge sacrifices to defend its honour. In doing so, a very large number of them gave up their lives. “It is a privilege for the nation to erect a befitting memorial in their memory,” said Jaitley. He also announced the construction of a befitting National Police Memorial and proposed to allocate Rs 50 crore for this purpose.
Allocation for bilateral ties
A chunk of External Affairs Ministry's budgetary allocation of Rs 14,730 goes for improving bilateral relationship with neighbouring countries. Rs 5,100 crore has been allocated for Technical and Economic Cooperation with other countries to cater to India's bilateral aid and assistance programmes to immediate neighbouring countries like Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh etc and countries of Africa, Central and South East Asia and latin America. It also caters for aid for disaster relief and humanitarian aid. Besides, allocation has also been made for Nalanda International University in Bihar. The University is planned to develop as an international centre of academic excellence.
Rs 150 crore to Nirbhaya Fund and women safety
The Centre has allocated Rs 150 crore to the Nirbhaya Fund for creating schemes for women safety. The fund was first announced by former Finance Minister P Chaidambaram after the infamous December 16, 2013 gang-rape. Crisis Management Centre for women at Delhi was also announced.
Special package for special people
In step to empower persons with disabilities the Government extended the scheme for Assistance to Disabled Persons for purchase/fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) to include contemporary aids and assistive devices. It is also proposed to establish National-level institutes for Universal Inclusive Design and Mental Health Rehabilitation and also a Centre for Disability Sports. The Government also proposed to establish 15 new Braille Presses and modernise 10 existing ones in the current fiscal. Government will also print currency notes with Braille like signs to assist the visibly challenged persons.
CBI receives 17.2% more in Budget
The CBI has received over Rs 520.56 crore in the budgetary allocation for the ongoing fiscal, a hike of 17.2 per cent over financial year 2013-14 in which the agency was granted Rs 443.92 crore. The amount has been allocated for establishment-related expenditure of the CBI which is entrusted with investigation and prosecution of corruption cases against public servants and other serious crimes. The Budget also includes provisions for CBI's e-governance, modernisation of training centre, establishment of technical and forensic support units, construction of office and residential complexes of CBI branches.