₹4,278 crore for census and ₹92,054 crore for paramilitary forces: Budget 2020

Feb 1, 2020, 17:35 IST

Union MoS Home Affairs Nityanand Rai addresses a gathering at the inauguration of the Conference of the State/UT Chief Secretaries and Administrator of Census 2021 and updating of NPR, in New Delhi on Jan 17, 2020. (Photo: IANS/PIB)

New Delhi, Feb 1 () The Home Ministry was allocated Rs 1,05,244.34 crore for the next fiscal with a special emphasis on police forces and works related to the Census 2021. In comparison to Rs 1,03,202.23 crore given in 2019-20, the Home Ministry got Rs 1,05,244.34 crore for 2020-21, a modest increase of around Rs 2,042 crore, according to the Union Budget presented in Lok Sabha on Saturday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

As the works 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.

The lion's share of the Home Ministry budget has gone to the paramilitary forces with the total allocation of Rs 92054.53 crore for 2020-21.

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