Prez’s Naval fleet review bled Centre of Rs 23 crore

Another RTI response reveals Deputy Chairperson of Planning Commission Montek Ahluwalia’s global forays between May and October 2011, cost the exchequer a sum of Rs 36,40,140 for four trips covering 18 nights, an average cost of Rs 2.02 lakh a day. Similarly, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar’s globetrotting comprised 29 trips in 35 months of her tenure, cost the exchequer around Rs 10 crore .

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