The Home Ministry on Friday enhanced the financial powers of the chiefs of IB, NIA and paramilitary forces for carrying out major works and purchases.
The fund sanctioning powers of chiefs of paramilitary forces and directors of other security agencies have been doubled from Rs5 crore to Rs10 crore for carrying out major works executed by CPWD and public works organisations. The limit for major departmental works undertaken by organisations having engineering wing has been raised from Rs60 lakh to Rs1 crore and from Rs10 lakh to Rs15 lakh for organisations without engineering wing. The decisions have been taken by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, said the MHA statement.
Financial powers for land acquisition has also been raised from Rs20 lakh to Rs34 lakh in each case with a provision that the proposed land acquisition should be through State Government only, the statement said. Financial powers have also been raised in respect of special repairs and taking buildings and accommodation on rent.
The paramilitary or Central Armed Police Forces are Border Security Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, National Security Guard, Assam Rifles and Sashastra Seema Bal. The orders are applicable to Intelligence Bureau and National Investigation Agency too.
In October, with a view to streamlining and expediting the processes in this regard, the Home Minister had more than doubled the delegation of financial powers to CAPFs for procurement of machinery and equipment and arms and ammunition to Rs20 crore. The modernisation plan-II of CAPFs has a total projected cost of Rs11,009 crore till March 2017.