An amount of Rs 1,606.95 crore has been allocated for the National Disaster Response Force (Rs 1,666.38 crore in 2023-24).Among the paramilitary forces, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) got Rs 31,543.20 crore, up from a revised estimate of Rs 31,389.04 in 2023-24, the Border Security Force (BSF) got Rs 25,472.44 crore (Rs 25,038.68 crore in 2023-24), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was allotted Rs 14,331.89 crore (Rs 12,929.85 crore in 2023-24), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) got Rs 8,634.21 crore (Rs 8,203.68 crore in 2023-24), the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) was given Rs 8,881.81 crore (Rs 8,435.68 crore in 2023-24) and the Assam Rifles was allotted Rs 7,428.33 crore (Rs 7,276.29 crore in 2023-24).The CRPF is mostly deployed for internal security duties, operations against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, Naxals in central and eastern India and insurgents in the Northeast. The BSF guards India’s borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh and is also deployed for internal security duties.The CISF guards vital installations like nuclear plants, airports, metro networks and the ITBP guards the Sino-Indian border. The SSB guards the India-Nepal and India-Bhutan borders and the Assam Rifles protects India’s border with Myanmar.The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been allocated Rs 3,823.83 crore (Rs 3,268.94 crore in 2023-24), while the Special Protection Group got Rs 506.32 crore (Rs 446.82 crore in 2023-24). The IB is India’s internal intelligence agency and the SPG provides security to the Prime Minister.Meanwhile, Rs 3,756.51 crore has been allocated to the Border Infrastructure and Management, Rs 3,152.36 crore for developing police infrastructure, Rs 1,105 crore for schemes related to women’s safety, Rs 9,305.43 crore for various central sector projects and schemes sponsored by the home ministry, Rs 3,199.62 crore for security-related expenditure and Rs 1,050 crore for the Vibrant Villages Programme.
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