Infrastructural boost for Judiciary
The law Ministry has got a marginal increase in allocation of funds over last year with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hiking funds under the Central Grant for developing infrastructure facilities for judiciary in States and Union Territories. With the total outlay earmarked for law Ministry in this Budget coming to Rs2,047 crore (over last year's revised outlay of Rs1,973 crore), one or two programmes meant to strengthen administration of justice also received a marginal boost has also received attention. For instance, National Mission for Justice Delivery and legal Reforms that aims to coordinate executive and judiciary for speedy disposal of cases got al allocation of Rs87.3 crore as compared to Rs44 crore last year. For development of judicial infrastructure, centrally sponsored schemes to the tune of Rs936 crore have been put in place.
Rs205.66 crore to train babus in ministry
An allocation of Rs205.66 crore was made for the Ministry of Personnel for 2014-15 to augment its training facilities for bureaucrats. The amount has been earmarked to meet establishment-related expenditure of Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) and lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (lBSNAA). Both the ISTM and lBSNAA arrange several training programmes including foundation courses, refresher courses and mid-career training among others to equip all levels or grades of secretarial functionaries with adequate exposure to the latest rules and regulations and aptitude.
Rs2 crore earmarked for lokpal panel
The Government earmarked a token Rs2 crore for anti-corruption body lokpal and deducted about Rs94 lakh from last fiscal's Rs21.29 crore allocation to Central Vigilance Commission in the Budget. The allocation of Rs2 crore for lokpal in 2014-15 is to meet its establishment-related expenditure, according to Demand of Grants of the Ministry of Personnel.
minorities get Rs3,734 cr for skill upgradation
The Budget of the BJP-led NDA Government has a higher outlay of Rs3,734.01 crore for the Ministry of Minority Affairs with schemes for skill upgradation of minorities and Rs100-crore for modernisation of madrasas. Even the allocation for subsidy on Haj increased to Rs589.50 crore.