Indian PM Spends a Whopping 642 Crore on Travel


Montek Singh Ahluwalia:

Montek Singh Ahluwalia has undertaken around 42 official trips and spent every ninth day abroad during his seven year tenure as the deputy chairman for Planning Commission. Between May and October 2011, Ahluwalia has cost the exchequer a daily average amount of 2.02 lakh. He also further made four international trips that cost around 36.40 lakh just for 18 nights. UK and the U.S. were the first few destinations for the deputy chairman’s official foreign trip in the year 2004 whereas the trip to Davos, Switzerland from January 24 to January 30 was his latest according to the information provided by the Planning Commission under the Right to Information Act (RTI).

The exact expenditure incurred by Ahluwalia is 2.34 crore which he has spent on these trips. According to the Commission, he has spent 11.68 lakh during his visit to U.S. and the UK during April 18-28, 2006.But this figures might not be the exact figures as the actual numbers might be much more.