Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has allocated Rs 408.98 crore to the SPG as compared to Rs 321.24 crore during 2013-14.
The SPG is an elite security force, whose nearly 4,000 personnel are drawn from various paramilitary forces and police organisations.
SPG provides proximate security to the prime minister, former prime ministers and their families besides guarding Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and daughter Priyanka.
Jaitley has also increased the budgetary allocation for the Intelligence Bureau by nearly Rs 70 crore.
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