Delhi Police gets boost in Budget

New Delhi Feb 5: Union Finance Minister has presented the budget on Feb 1 and various states have got huge praised the budget and the Delhi police has also got a boost.

Officials have said that " Delhi Police has got a shot in the arm with the allocation of Rs 7,426 crore in the budget for the financial year 2018-19, Rs 1,048.80 crore more than what it got the last fiscal. "

They added that "This will help the department implement its pending projects, including modernization plans. In 2017-18, it was allocated Rs 6,378.18 crore and the figure was Rs 5,913.74 the preceding year."

They also said that "Nirbhaya fund — which is used for women's safety projects — has seen a dip this fiscal. Officers, however, said that this would not be an issue. In 2017-18, the allocation under this head was Rs 28.9 crore, a big jump of Rs 25.3 crore as compared to Rs 3.4 crore in 2016-17."