Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Rs.821.31 crore Worth Weapons Procured by CAPFs


Rs.821.31 crore, Rs.336.63 crore and Rs.256.09 crore were spent on procurement of weapons for the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) during the years, 2011-12, 2010-11 & 2009-10 respectively.  Force-wise details are as under:

(Rs in Crore)

Name of the CAPF
Funds spent in year 2009-10
Funds spent in year 2010-11
Funds spent in year 2011-12
Funds spent in year 2012-13
Assam Rifles
0.26
14.54
43.44
Nil
BSF
75.06
62.94
81.28
Nil
CISF
36.00
77.00
92.10
Nil
CRPF
99.10
152.00
259.99
Nil
ITBP
27.32
4.25
17.98
Nil
NSG
17.82
25.90
60.18
0.004
SSB
0.53
Nil
266.34
Nil
Total
256.09
336.63
821.31
0.004


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

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