A total of $11.8 billion has been allotted for the security sector this year.
The former Ministry of Home Affairs spent $7.5 billion as of August and $4.3 billion is estimated to be spent under its successor, the Ministry of Public Security, for the remaining four months of the year.
In comparison, last year, $9.3 billion was budgeted for the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan stood before the Committee of Supply on Wednesday evening to defend his ministry’s
