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‘Rs 3,50,000 crore needed to modernise police forces’
A detailed memorandum will be submitted to the finance commission later.
New Delhi: The home ministry has projected a budgetary requirement of more than Rs 3,50,000 crore for internal security, mordernisation of police forces and other related responsibilities during 2020-25. This was conveyed by home minister Rajnath Singh to chairman of the 15th finance commission N.K. Singh recently, agencies reported quoting ministry officials.
The ministry has projected budgetary requirement of more than Rs 3,50,000 crore for the period 2020-2025 for internal security, central armed police forces, police modernisation, border security, disaster management and union territories, a ministry official said.
A detailed memorandum will be submitted to the finance commission later.
A presentation was made during the meeting which stressed that the responsibilities of the home ministry have increased manifold that include diverse and varied internal security challenges, even though public order and police are constitutional responsibilities of state governments.
The capabilities of states alone are not adequate to meet the threats of insurgency and terrorism which have national and international links, the official said.
