Modernization of CPFS

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Home Affairs

09-November-2010 18:05 IST

Modernization of CPFS

             The Government has approved a 5 year plan(2002-07) for modernization of 6 Central Para Military Forces Assam Rifle,(AR), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force(CISF), Border Security Forces (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) andNational Security Guard (NSG) at an estimated const of Rs. 3740.71 crores in February 2002. Separately, the Government also approved a three-year plan (2005-08) formodernization of Sashatra SeemaBal (SSB) at an estimated cost of Rs. 444.43 crores in April, 2005. The Government also approved the extension of both the above plans upto 31.03.2011.

            The force-wise funds utilized duringeach of the last three years and the current year force-wiseis given below:-

Name of the Force	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11 (Upto August 2010
Assam Rifle	10.65	34.15	43.60	83.0
BSF	176.50	53.84	148.31	57.5
CISF	2.83	0.90	0.41	0.0
CRPF	5.08	0.00	25.50	6.9
ITBP	0.28	5.64	12.21	2.0
NSG	14.72	3.33	9.99	0.2
SSB	55.60	21.94	33.38	1.2
Total	265.66	119.80	273.40	150.8

                   This was stated  by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, ShriMullappally Ramachandran  in written reply to a question  in the Lok Sabha today.

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