The Union government will support the States under a new umbrella police modernisation scheme for three years until 2019-20 and ₹25,060 crore will be allocated for this programme. The Centre will provide 80% of the financing and the State the rest.
This was stated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday.
This decision, taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), will take forward internal security, law and order, women's safety, modern weapons' procurement, logistics support, hiring of helicopters, upgrade of police wireless, national supply network and e-prison project. It will cover the northeastern States, Jammu and Kashmir and Left-wing extremism affected States.
The CCS has authorised the Home Minister to sanction projects in the northeastern States, who have got additional allocation of ₹100 crore.
Four initiatives under this scheme will, at a cost of ₹928 crore, strengthen the criminal justice system and make investigation and prosecution effective.
Earlier, there were 17 small schemes that were synergised and approved by the CCS.
