Context:
The Ministry of Home Affairs launched the Scheme for ‘expansion and modernization of Fire Services in the states’.
About ‘Scheme for Expansion and Modernization of Fire Services in the States’:
- Aim: To expand and modernise Fire Services in the States.
- Funding:
- Budget: Rs 5,000 crore.
- The State Governments shall have to contribute 25 per cent (except for the North-Eastern and Himalayan (NEH) States which shall contribute 10 per cent) of the total cost of such projects from their budgetary resources.