: The 2016-17 budget presented by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul today proposed ambitious expansion plan for the police force in the state with higher allocation for modernisation.
Pul in his budget speech laid special emphasis on modernisation of the police force to ensure security and safety to the people.
"Our government has already announced creation of 2022 posts in Arunachal Pradesh Police and in addition to this, 400 women police personnel and 50 women traffic personnel will be recruited," the chief minister said.
Police personnel would also be provided with allowances for purchase of uniforms and the amount would be directly credited in their bank accounts, Pul said.
"As a major step towards providing better facilities to the women police, the government proposes to keep a provision of Rs 44 crore for construction of women police station including housing facilities in all districts.
To contain increasing crime rate in the state capital, the budget also proposed to install state-of-the-art network of CCTV cameras at all strategic points.
The budget also proposed to establish community policing suvidha centre besides providing ration allowance of Rs 1000 to police personnel per month.
Pul said, the government would embark on an ambitious prison reforms by encouraging inmates to join various courses offered by IGNOU.
An amount of Rs 4 crore has been proposed in the budget to undertake prison reforms, he added.
