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Lakshadweep Police

What the Centre’s books set aside to run this Union Territory’s police and to build or buy for them, from the Territory’s own demand (Demand 56) in the Home Ministry’s detailed grants. Not the CAPF demand, not jails.

₹88.24 crorePlan 2026-27 · MHA DDG Vol II-B 2026-27Source: Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27 of the Ministry of Home Affairs — Volume II-B (Demands 54 DNH & DD, 55 Ladakh, 56 Lakshadweep), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, FY 2026-27, DNH&DD pp. 18, 94; Ladakh pp. 30, 140; Lakshadweep pp. 13, 79

Running costs ₹84.71 crore · Buildings and gear ₹3.53 crore.

Last four official figures

Spent, plan, updated plan, and next plan. Printed in thousands; shown in crore.MHA DDG Vol II-B 2026-27Source: Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27 of the Ministry of Home Affairs — Volume II-B (Demands 54 DNH & DD, 55 Ladakh, 56 Lakshadweep), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, FY 2026-27, DNH&DD pp. 18, 94; Ladakh pp. 30, 140; Lakshadweep pp. 13, 79

  1. Spent

    2024-25

    ₹84.37 crore

  2. Plan

    2025-26

    ₹85.16 crore

  3. Updated

    2025-26

    ₹83.98 crore

  4. Plan

    2026-27

    ₹88.24 crore

Amounts in crore of rupees. Spent, plan, and updated plan are different kinds of figure — not one trend.

Running the force vs buildings and gear

Same year’s plan. Buildings and gear are the thin slice — that is the book.MHA DDG Vol II-B 2026-27Source: Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27 of the Ministry of Home Affairs — Volume II-B (Demands 54 DNH & DD, 55 Ladakh, 56 Lakshadweep), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, FY 2026-27, DNH&DD pp. 18, 94; Ladakh pp. 30, 140; Lakshadweep pp. 13, 79

Running costs · 96.0%
₹84.71 crore
Buildings and gear · 4.0%
₹3.53 crore

A Union book, not a state book

Lakshadweep has no legislature budget of its own for police; Parliament votes Demand 56. Total - Police (Major Head), voted; includes Harbour Police. Jails 2056 are not taken. The Centre’s own police (CAPF) sit on Demand 51 and are not added here.

Trace

Book stops here

Each stop is a printed grain, or a dashed EMPTY where the book does not print the next line. We do not invent a station share.

  1. Book

    MHA Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27, Volume II-B, Demand 56

  2. Police

    ₹88.24 croreSource: Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27 of the Ministry of Home Affairs — Volume II-B (Demands 54 DNH & DD, 55 Ladakh, 56 Lakshadweep), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, FY 2026-27, DNH&DD pp. 18, 94; Ladakh pp. 30, 140; Lakshadweep pp. 13, 79

    Running the force plus buildings and gear.

  3. Running costs

    ₹84.71 croreSource: Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27 of the Ministry of Home Affairs — Volume II-B (Demands 54 DNH & DD, 55 Ladakh, 56 Lakshadweep), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, FY 2026-27, DNH&DD pp. 18, 94; Ladakh pp. 30, 140; Lakshadweep pp. 13, 79

  4. Buildings and gear

    ₹3.53 croreSource: Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27 of the Ministry of Home Affairs — Volume II-B (Demands 54 DNH & DD, 55 Ladakh, 56 Lakshadweep), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, FY 2026-27, DNH&DD pp. 18, 94; Ladakh pp. 30, 140; Lakshadweep pp. 13, 79

  5. Named police station

    The demand stops at the major head. We do not divide that total by the number of stations.

Footnotes

  1. Detailed Demands for Grants 2026-27 of the Ministry of Home Affairs — Volume II-B (Demands 54 DNH & DD, 55 Ladakh, 56 Lakshadweep) — Total - Police (Major Head) under 2055; Total - Capital Outlay on Police (Major Head) under 4055

    Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Fiscal year 2026-27. DNH&DD pp. 18, 94; Ladakh pp. 30, 140; Lakshadweep pp. 13, 79. Extracted 2026-09-14.

    Open the official document

    ₹ in thousands. Demands 57–59 (Delhi, J&K, Puducherry) are transfers, not police lines, and stay blocked.

Account codes in the book: 2055 (running), 4055 (buildings). Pages: Lakshadweep pp. 13 and 79. All states · Compare with Sikkim · Sources & methodology