Delhi Police gets a whopping Rs. 1,350 cr. increase in budget

Monday , Jul 06, 2009
source:http://www.hindu.com

Delhi Police on Monday got a whopping Rs 1,350 crore increase in allocation in the general budget which focuses on developing and upgrading traffic and communication network in the city.

In his budget for the year 2009-10, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee allocated a total of Rs 2,932.53 crores for the Delhi Police which included a plan component of Rs 53.5 crores and a non-plan component of Rs 2,879.03 crores.

The previous budget had allocated Rs 1,581 crores for the city police while revised estimates showed that the force was allocated Rs 2,087.74 crores.

Mr. Mukherjee has allocated Rs 40 crores for developing traffic and communication network in NCR mega cities and a model traffic system while a sum of Rs 50 lakhs has been allocated for upgradation of training in city police.

For induction of latest technology, another Rs 50 lakhs has been allocated while Rs 2 crores has been given for installation of traffic signals.

The force's allocation for constructing houses for its personnel has been increased to Rs 15 crores from last year's Rs 10 crores. In 2007-08, the allocation was Rs 30 crores.

The amount earmarked for buildings for the organisation has been slashed to Rs 16.5 crores from Rs 25 crores last year. In 2007-08, the allocation was Rs 40 crores.