State gets Rs 50 cr for industry initiative
Rs 809 cr for migrants, Rs 2000 cr for border infra
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Feb 1: Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal today kept a provision of Rs 809 crore for relief and rehabilitation of migrants and repatriates in Jammu and Kashmir, Rs 2000 crore for development and management of border infrastructure and Rs 825 crore for Border Area Development Programme (BADP).
Jammu and Kashmir will be getting Rs 15658.99 crore from the Central Government as net proceeds of Union Taxes and Duties for the Financial Year 2019-20, according to the budget presented today in the Lok Sabha by Goyal.
Data presented along with the budget revealed that Jammu and Kashmir will get Rs 5071.18 crore as Corporation Tax, Rs 4260.76 crore as Income Tax, .14 crore as Wealth Tax, Rs 4739.19 crore as Central GST, Rs 983.94 crore as Customs and Rs 604.06 crore as Union Excise Duty.
Goyal allocated Rs 3378 crore for modernization of police forces, Rs 2000 crore for border infrastructure and management, Rs 1330 crore under mission for protection and empowerment of women, Rs 825 crore for BADP, Rs 809 crore for relief and rehabilitation for migrants and repatriates in Jammu and Kashmir and Rs 953 crore for freedom fighters’ pensions.
“The funds kept under development of border infrastructure and BADP will immensely benefit Jammu and Kashmir as the Central Government has been giving high priority to the development of border areas, falling along the two neighbours, Pakistan and China,” official sources told the Excelsior.
They said the Government proposed to spread road network and generate other facilities along the borders with Pakistan and China in Jammu and Kashmir as well as other States and, for the purpose, massive allocations have been made under border infrastructure and management programmes and BADP.
The funds allocated for Kashmiri migrants will be used for their relief and rehabilitation besides other facilities.
Piyush Goyal also kept a provision of Rs 50 crore for Special Industry Initiative in Jammu and Kashmir.
Asserting that the soldiers protect country’s borders in tough conditions, the Finance Minister said they are our pride and honour.
“We also respected their dignity in our election manifesto. We had promised to implement One Rank One Pension (OROP). This was pending for last 40 years and has been resolved by us,” he said.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which is engaged in anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir, and other States, and often deployed for internal security duties, has been allocated Rs 23,742.04 crore for 2019-20, in comparison to Rs 22,646.63 crore given in 2018-19.
The Border Security Force, which guards the Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh borders, has been allocated Rs 19,647.59 crore for the next fiscal, in comparison to Rs 18,585.96 crore given in 2018-19.
The total allocation to Central Armed Police Forces, including CRPF, Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Central Industrial Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal, Assam Rifles and National Security Guard is Rs 71,618.70 crore, in comparison to Rs 67,779.75 crore in 2018-19.
The Intelligence Bureau, which is responsible in gathering internal intelligence, has been allocated Rs 2,198.35 crore, in comparison to Rs 2,056.05 crore given in the last fiscal.
The Special Protection Group, which is responsible for the security of the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers and their close family members, has been allocated Rs 530.75 crore, in comparison to Rs 411.68 crore given in 2018-19.
In this budget, Rs 5,117 crore has been allocated for development of police infrastructure, including constructions of barracks, residential quarters, purchase of vehicles, arms and ammunition.
The 2019-20 budget also allocated Rs 3,378 crore for modernization of police forces.
For the first time, budgetary provisions for the Home Ministry has crossed Rs 1-lakh crore mark and is pegged at over Rs 1,03,000 crore for the next fiscal, with special emphasis on improving border infrastructure of police forces.
The Ministry has got Rs 1,03,927 crore for 2019-20 which is 4.9 per cent more than Rs 99,034 crore given in 2018-19, according to the budget papers.
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