Minority Affairs Ministry spent 98% of its funds
The Ministry of Minority Affairs, under Najma Heptulla, spent 98% of its entire budget in 2015-16. Heptulla said, “The expenditure…was not only 20% higher than the preceding fiscal, but for the first time…there was no cut imposed in the revised estimate." The Ministry was allocated a budget of ₹3827.25 crore in 2016-17, a rise of ₹89.25 crore over the previous fiscal.