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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rs 1.71 Cr Spent on Delhi Ministers, MLAs' Foreign Tours

Rs 1.71 Cr Spent on Delhi Ministers, MLAs' Foreign Tours

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published Published on Dec 3, 2012   modified Modified on Dec 3, 2012
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Nearly Rs 1.71 crore have been spent on foreign visits of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, her cabinet colleagues and members of the Assembly in the past nine years.

According to an RTI reply, Dikshit, her ministers and MLAs undertook around 57 foreign visits including to the US, the UK, Spain, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Germany and Switzerland and an amount of Rs 1.71 crore was spent between 2004 and October 2012.

As many as nine visits were made to foreign countries during 2004 that cost about Rs 18.68 lakh as against 14 such visits in 2005 involving an expenditure of Rs 30.94 lakh and 11 tours in 2006 costing Rs 36.56 lakh.

Eight such tours were undertaken in 2007 for which about Rs 25.74 lakh were spent while five visits during 2008 cost Rs 17.40 lakh, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi said in the reply to RTI activist Vivek Garg.

About Rs 42.33 lakh were spent on 10 foreign tours of Dikshit and her ministers between 2009 and October 2012. The visits were undertaken to attend various conference and international seminars.

According to the reply, A K Walia, as Minister of Health and Family Welfare, had gone to Canada and Japan between September 12-26, 2012 as member of empowered committee of state Finance Minister and a total of Rs 6.96 lakh were spent.

Similarly, Haroon Yusuf, as Minister of Development, went to France and the Netherlands between May 16-23, this year to study wholesale fruit or vegetable markets in Rungis and Amsterdam. "Expenditure was borne by Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board," it said.

The Delhi Chief Minister and Labour Minister Ramakant Goswami had gone to Singapore between October 3-5, last year for an interaction with the Institute of Technical Education there. About Rs 3.57 lakh and Rs 3.41 lakh were spent on the visit by Dikshit and Goswami respectively, the RTI reply said.

Goswami had also gone to Switzerland between June 6-10, 2011 to attend the 100th Session of International Labour Conference. A Rs 9.96 lakh expenditure was borne by the state government.

Arvinder Singh Lovely, Minister of Transport, had visited London and Germany in January 2009 and in May 2011 to attend international events. About Rs 4.20 lakh and Rs 5.31 lakh respectively were spent on the trips, it said.

During 2004, Lovely went to Germany, Greece, Spain, the UK and France, Dikshit to Germany, the US and Thailand and Yusuf and Walia made one trip each to Japan and Indonesia.

The Delhi Chief Minister and Labour Minister Ramakant Goswami had gone to Singapore between October 3-5, last year for an interaction with the Institute of Technical Education there. About Rs 3.57 lakh and Rs 3.41 lakh were spent on the visit by Dikshit and Goswami respectively, the RTI reply said.

Goswami had also gone to Switzerland between June 6-10, 2011 to attend the 100th Session of International Labour Conference. A Rs 9.96 lakh expenditure was borne by the state government.

Arvinder Singh Lovely, Minister of Transport, had visited London and Germany in January 2009 and in May 2011 to attend international events. About Rs 4.20 lakh and Rs 5.31 lakh respectively were spent on the trips, it said.

During 2004, Lovely went to Germany, Greece, Spain, the UK and France, Dikshit to Germany, the US and Thailand and Yusuf and Walia made one trip each to Japan and Indonesia.

In 2005, Lovely visited the UK and the UAE, Walia toured Japan, Germany and Italy, Dikshit went to Switzerland, Spain and the UK, Veer Singh Dhingan (MLA) went to the US, Yogananad Shastri, the then Health Minister, travelled to Japan and Raj Kumar Chauhan (Environment Minister) went to the UK, China and Japan.

Besides them, Rajesh Jain (MLA) had gone to the UK and Delhi Transport Minister Yusuf had travelled to the US and Canada during that year.

In 2006, Dikshit along with Yusuf and seven MLAs (Jagdish Mukhi, Kiran Walia, Narender Nath, Rajesh Jain, Shoaib Iqbal, Subhash Chopra and Harshawardhan) had gone to Melbourne, Australia to attend the opening and closing ceremonies of Commonwealth Games among other visits.

During 2007 and 2008, visits were made by ministers and legislators to Australia, Singapore, China, Brazil, the UK, Sweden, Hong Kong, China, Switzerland and the US among others.

Outlook, 3 December, 2012, http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=782470


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