Delhi Police got a whopping Rs 1,350 crore increase in allocation in the general budget which focuses on developing and upgrading traffic and communication network in the city.

In his budget for the year 2009-10, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee allocated a total of Rs 2,932.53 crore for the Delhi Police which included a plan component of Rs 53.5 crore and a non-plan component of Rs 2,879.03 crore.

The previous budget had allocated Rs 1,581 crore for the city police while revised estimates showed that the force was allocated Rs 2,087.74 crore.

Mukherjee has allocated Rs 40 crore for developing traffic and communication network in NCR mega cities and a model traffic system while Rs 50 lakh has been allocated for upgrading the training module of Delhi police.

For induction of latest technology, another Rs 50 lakh has been allocated while Rs two crore has been given for installation of traffic signals.

The force's allocation for constructing houses for its personnel has been increased to Rs 15 crore from last year's Rs ten crore. In 2007-08, the allocation was Rs 30 crore.

The amount earmarked for buildings for the organisation has been slashed to Rs 16.5 crore from Rs 25 crore last year. In 2007-08, the allocation was Rs 40 crore.