India’s Ministry of Law and Justice has released the Outcome Budget for 2016-17, offering a glimpse into how the ministry shall be spending the 5,100 crore that it has been allocated. Apart from charting out the expected expenditure, the document also reveals different initiatives undertaken by the Law & Justice Ministry in the recent past. Of the 5,100 crore that the Ministry has been allocated, more than 70% (3,649.29 crore) has been allotted for elections; the Legislative Department under the Law Ministry also looks at elections to the Parliament and State Legislatures. Of the remaining 1,450-odd crore, only 900 crore […]
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