Marginal increase in allocation for MHA with a big push for border infrastructure

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has been allocated ₹2,33,210 crore, with a substantial enhancement in the budget for border infrastructure and Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems, a key platform to implement the three criminal laws. Border Infrastructure and Management has been allocated ₹5,597.25 crore, an increase of ₹1,840.74 crore from ₹3,756.51 crore allocated last year. Of the allocation for the Ministry of Home Affairs, ₹1,60,391.06 crore has been given to central armed police forces such as Central Reserve Police Force, the Border Security Force, and the Central Industrial Security Force, which are responsible for internal security, border guarding, and security of vital installations. Among these, the CRPF gets the highest allocation of ₹35,147.17 crore, up from a revised estimate of ₹34,328.61 crore in 2024-25, followed by the BSF ₹28,231.27 crore, the CISF ₹16,084.83 crore, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police ₹10,370 crore, the Sashastra Seema Bal ₹10,237.28 crore and the Assam Rifles ₹8,274.29 crore.