J&K Spends Over 5% Of Its Budget On Police

The J&K government had earmarked 6.96% and 5.87% of funds in the annual budget for police in 2016-17 and 2017-18 respectively, the report titled” Data on Police Organisations”, prepared by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD), says. The BPRD comes under the administrative control of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The report contains details about expenditure of state/union territory police forces and modernization grants provided by the Centre for strengthening police. According to the report, Rs 4293 crore were earmarked for J&K police in Rs 61680 crore budget for 2016-17. Similarly, out of Rs 76635 crore budget, Rs 4478. 76 crore were earmarked for police in 2017-18. The report also reveals that Rs 59.55 crore modernization grants were provided to Jammu & Kashmir police in 2017-18. The modernization grants, allocated by MHA, are utilized for upgrading the infrastructure of the police forces in order to improve their capabilities to meet the emerging challenges pf internal security in the form of militancy, extremism and naxalism.