The Delhi Police has been allocated Rs 10,355.29 crore in the Union Budget 2022-23, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday.
According to the Delhi Police, it is a hike of Rs 1,701.03 crore in comparison to the previous year’s Budget which stood at Rs. 8,654.26 Crore.
According to the police, Rs 9,808 crore has been allocated for establishment-related expenditure while Rs 287 crore will be incurred under the capital section for installation of CCTV security surveillance system across Delhi and procurement of various advanced equipment for law and order modernisation.
The Delhi Police further stated, “Rs 259 crore will be spent exclusively for police infrastructure for the construction of office buildings, residential buildings for improving housing satisfaction level and operation and maintenance of New Police Headquarters building under Public Private partnership mode.”
