evidence: The Standing Committee on Urban Development, 2017, noted that the budgetary allocations were lower than the Ministry demand.[2] Although there was a 36% increase in the budget estimate for 2017-18 over the budget estimate for 2016-17, it was short of what the Ministry had projected. (The erstwhile Ministry of Urban Development had an allocation of Rs 34,212 crore as compared to the projected Rs 68,410 crore).2 [...] The budgetary allocation towards metro projects in 2018-19 is Rs 15,000 crore. This is a 17% decrease over the revised estimates of 2017-18. [...] The budgetary allocation towards the scheme for 2018-18 is Rs 6,505 crore. This is an 8% increase over the revised estimates for 2017-18. The increase in budgetary allocation in 2018-19 can be attributed to the increase in allocations for the LIG and MIG components of the CLSS.