There is no cut in the allotment for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Budget allocated to Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for 2021-22 is Rs. 11, 739.39 crores as against the budget of Rs. 11, 428.96 crore for 2020-21. This is 0.34 % of total Expenditure Budget of Government of India.
The expenditure by the government on this Ministry in the last 5 years is as follow.
Rs. In cr.
| Head | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
| Expenditure by Department of Social Justice & Empowerment | 6532.23 | 6754.51 | 10070.76 | 8738.41 | 8236.84 |
| Expenditure by Department of Empowerment with Disabilities | 773.55 | 928.32 | 1017.56 | 1016.18 | 861.63 |
| Total expenditure by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment | 7305.78 | 7682.83 | 11088.32 | 9754.59 | 9098.47 |
This information was given by The Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment Shri. A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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