Budget 2015: CBI receives marginal increase of 10% in annual budget

NEW DELHI: Country's premier investigation agency CBI has received a moderate increase of nearly 10 per cent in the budgetary allocation for the next fiscal with Rs 565.39 crore allocated as compared to Rs 513.07 crore as per revised estimates of 2014-15.

In the budget presented today by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the agency has been allocated Rs 565.39 crore for 2015-16 year as compared to Rs 520.56 crore in the last fiscal which was later revised to 513.07 crore.

The amount has been allocated for establishment-related expenditure of the CBI which is entrusted with investigation and prosecution of corruption cases against public servants, private persons, firms and other cases of serious crime.

The budget allocation also includes provisions for CBI e-governance, modernisation of training centre, establishment of technical and forensic support units, construction of office, residential complexes of CBI branches, the budget document said.