Here is how much it costs the taxpayer to provide Y class security to Kangana Ranaut
Guwahati: After Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut was offered Y-plus security by the Home Ministry of India, there has been a lot of curiosity about the Y-Plus level of CRPF security.
What this basically means is that the 'Queen' actress will be given protection by 11 CRPF commandos. However, it's on a rotational basis. 2 commandos are meant to provide her with mobile security, while 1 guards her house.
.What is Y-Plus Security and who is it given to?
The Y-plus security is given to VIPs by the Centre, after the inputs from two intelligence agencies, namely the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW).
What these agencies basically do in this case is inform the government about the potential threat to the life of the personality in question. Based on their input, things are taken forward.
Some of the political leaders like the PM, the Home Minister (as well as their families) can get even the highest level of security simply because of their posts.
Y-plus is the third level of security for which the central government pays from its own pockets.
The Government allocated CRPF's budget for 2020-2021 is ₹26,000 crore, and it uses 7.5 percent of its strength for the purpose of providing security to the VIPs in the country. Thus, the amount spent on guarding VIPs can be gauged to an extent from this figure.
Kangana Ranaut is among the 60 people who are currently receiving CRPF protection in the country. Home Minister Amit Shah also receives the same level of security.
Sometimes, the government can ask individuals to pay for security. At one point, Reliance owner Mukesh Ambani was asked to pay ₹15 lakh every month for security cover. Whether or not Kangana put in her own money is anybody's guess. It is a top-level secret.
So basically, the cost of Y-plus security comes from the government money put into salary, food, travel, and accommodation of the CRPF commandos who carry out the task.