Budget 2023: Lokpal gets Rs 92 cr, CVC receives Rs 44.46 cr

New Delhi: The government has allocated Rs 92 crore to anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal in the Union Budget for 2023-24 to meet its establishment and construction related expenditures, a dip of over Rs 105 crore from the revised estimates of the current fiscal.

The Lokpal was given Rs 34 crore in 2022-23 which was revised to Rs 197.50 crore, according to the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday.

A total of Rs 92 crore has been allocated for the next fiscal to meet its establishment and construction-related expenditures, it said.

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) received Rs 44.46 crore from the government's purse, a nominal increase of Rs 1 crore from the last budget.

The anti-corruption watchdog was allocated Rs 41.96 crore for 2022-23 which was increased to Rs 43.46 crore in revised estimates, as per the budget document for next fiscal.

The provision is for Secretariat expenditure of the CVC, it said.