The Congress said the budgetary allocation for NSCS was Rs 17.43 crore in 2011-12 when the UPA government was in power. It went up to Rs 20.33 crores in the next financial year and was further increased to Rs 26.06 crores in 2013-14. In 2014-15, the Congress said, the BJP government increased the allocation to Rs 44.46 crores, which came down to Rs 33 crores in 2016-17. “But in 2017-18, a new sub-head was created under the National Security Council Secretariat which is called the Cyber Security Research and Development. And the Budget shockingly was increased from Rs 33 crores to Rs 333 crores.

Source: Indian Express July 23, 2021 21:45 UTC