The BSF Air Wing, Aircrafts, River Boats, and Helibase scheme obtained a giant enhance from Rs 78.19 crore to Rs 263 crore, contributing to the enhancement of border safety infrastructure. (Image: PTI/File)
The BSF Air Wing, Aircrafts, River Boats and Helibase scheme witnessed a threefold enhance in funds allocation, signalling a dedication to enhancing infrastructure for border safety
The interim funds offered by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday mirrored a strategic emphasis on boosting border safety, surveillance, cyber safety and girls’s security, by means of the substantial allocation made to the house ministry. The BSF Air Wing, Aircrafts, River Boats and Helibase scheme witnessed a threefold enhance in funds allocation, signalling a dedication to enhancing infrastructure for border safety.
The funds for the ministry’s Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) has surged by not less than 70 %, whereas the cyber coordination funds has elevated by a whopping 900 % as in comparison with 2022. This underscores the central authorities’s recognition of the rising significance of cybersecurity.
Schemes geared toward making certain girls’s security have gotten a big enhance, with allocations hovering from Rs 321 crore to Rs 955 crore for the 2024-25 fiscal. This hike signifies a heightened deal with addressing points associated to girls’s security.
The BSF Air Wing, Aircrafts, River Boats, and Helibase scheme obtained a commendable enhance from Rs 78.19 crore to Rs 263 crore, contributing to the enhancement of border safety infrastructure. Similarly, the I4C’s funds has risen from Rs 94.40 crore to Rs 150.95 crore, reflecting the Centre’s dedication to strengthening cyber safety coordination.
The ministry of finance has allotted Rs 55 crore for upgrading the central forensic laboratories, together with the institution of the National Forensic Data Centre that could be a new inclusion on this 12 months’s funds.
There is, nonetheless, a notable discount in allocation to the Nirbhaya Fund, with the federal government assigning Rs 50 crore as an alternative of the earlier Rs 100 crore. Conversely, the Intelligence Bureau has confronted a discount in funds, whereas allocations for analysis have elevated.
Paramilitary forces, together with CRPF, BSF and CISF, have obtained the identical funding because the earlier 12 months, with the CRPF securing the utmost share. This budgetary distribution aligns with strategic priorities, reinforcing crucial areas of nationwide safety and public security.
