In Depth PM Manmohan Singh spend Rs.620 Crore on foreign trips

In Depth PM Manmohan Singh spend Rs.620 Crore on foreign trips

The Central Information Commission, in a recent order, had directed the Cabinet Secretariat to make public expenses incurred on the travel of ministers and VVIPs because of "large public interest" in the matter.

The information was shared by the PMO only because of the mandatory obligation proactive disclosure clause of the Right to Information Act.

A sum of over Rs. 642 crore has been incurred on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's air travels abroad in the last nine years.

Details of expenses incurred on Air Travel in respect of foreign visits of PM from May 2004 to till date

Sl. No.                Place of Visit                     Period of Visit              Amount in Rs

    1
Bangkok      29-31 Jul'04
5,38,95,000.00

    2
New York & London
19-26 Sept'04         11,97,31,000.00

    3
Hague
07-10 Nov'04          6,17,21,000.00

    4
Laos
28-30 Nov'04          6,93,67,000.00

    5
Mauritius
30 Mar - 02 Apr'05           7,23,53,000.00

    6
Jakarta
22-24 Apr'05          5,84,00,000.00

    7
Moscow
08-10 May'05           5,23,80,000.00

    8
UK
06-09 Jul'05         6,69,90,000.00

    9
Washington
16-21 Jul'05        11,72,45,000.00

   10
Afganishtan
28-29 Aug'05          3,54,86,000.00

   11
France and New York
1-17 Sept'05        13,21,58,000.00

   12
Dhaka
11-13 Nov'05          3,07,63,000.00

   13
Russia
04-05 Dec'05          5,71,95,000.00

   14
Kuala Lumpur
11-14 Dec'05          4,49,88,000.00

   15
Germany and Uzbekistan
22-26 Apr'06          9,71,16,000,00

   16
St. Petersburg
16-18 Jul'06         5,74,51,000.00

   17
Brazil and Cuba
10-18 Sept'06         15,60,77,000.00

   18
South Africa
30 Sept - 03 Oct'06          6,88,00,000.00

   19
UK and Finland
09-14 Oct'06          8,28,98,000.00

   20
Japan
13-16 Dec'06          6,89,39,000.00

   21
Philippines
13-15 Jan'07          6,45,71,000.00

   22
Germany
06-09 Jun'07          8,27,21,000.00

   23
Nigeria and South Africa
14-18 Oct'07         10,25,98,000.00

   24
Russia
11-13 Nov'07          7,54,29,000.00

   25
Singapore
19-21 Nov'2007           4,80,98,000.00

   26
Uganda
22-25 Nov'07          5,06,28,000.00

   27
China
13-15 Jan'08         6,80,36,000.00

   28
Bhutan
16-17 May'08           4,46,15,932.00

   29
Japan
07-09 Jul'08        14,52,17,000.00

   30
Colombo
01-03 Aug'08          6,71,87,327.00

   31
UN, US and France
22 Sept - 01 Oct'08         24,15,33,000.00

   32
Japan and China
21-25 Oct'08
13,95,11,000.00

   33
Oman and Qatar
08-10 Nov'08
10,63,97,000.00

34
Washington
13-16 Nov'08
15,64,88,000.00

   35
UK
31 Mar - 03 Apr'2009
12,26,00,000.00

   36
Russia
15-17 Jun'2009
13,49,36,000.00

   37
Italy
7-10 Jul'2009
14,56,86,000.00

   38
France and Egypt
13-17 Jul'2009
11,20,57,000.00

   39
USA
24-25 Sept'2009
19,88,66,000.00

   40
Thailand
23-25 Oct'2009
6,28,05,218.00

   41
USA and Trinidad & Tobago
21-28 Nov'2009
21,27,41,000.00

   42
Russia
5-8 Dec'2009
7,86,85,000.00

   43
Denmark
17 Dec'2009
10,69,28,000.00

   44
Saudi Arabia
27 Feb - 01 Mar'2010
11,41,30,000.00

   45
USA & Brazil
10-17 Apr'2010
22,70,33,000.00

   46
Bhutan
28-30 Apr'2010
Bills not received

   47
Canada
25-29 Jun'2010
15,58,55,000.00

   48
Japan , Malaysia and Vietnam
24-30 Oct'2010
18,34,64,000.00

   49
South Korea - 10-12 Nov'2010            11,85,23,000.00

   50
Belgium and Germany    - 9-12 Dec'2010           14,56,65,000.00

   51
China and Kazakhstan      - 12-16 Apr'2011           12,35,99,000.00

   52
Afganishtan   - 12-13 May'2011           Bills not received

   53
Ethiopia and Tanzania -   23-28 May,2011              9,20,06,000.00

   54
Bangladesh - 06-07 Sept'2011             7,56,94,000.00

   55
USA - 21-27 Sept'2011           15,52,92,000.00

   56
South Africa   - 17-19 Oct'2011             8,30,11,000.00

   57
France            - 02-05 Nov'2011             9,14,23,000.00

   58
Maldives             - 09-12 Nov'2011             6,31,38,000.00

   59
Bali and Singapore        - 17-20 Nov'2011             8,14,33,000.00

   60
Moscow       - 15-17 Dec'2011             8,61,24,000.00

   61
South Korea   - 23-27 Mar'2012           10,47,03,000.00

   62
Myanmar       - 27-29 May'2012              8,36,19,000.00

   63
Mexico and Brazil - 16-23 Jun'2012           26,94,10,000.00

   64
Iran         - 28-31 Aug'2012             9,80,67,000.00

   65
Cambodia           - 18-20 Nov'2012           Bills not received

   66
South Africa       -   25-29 Mar'2013           Bills not received

   67
Germany       - 10-12 Apr'2013          Bills not received

Because of above expenses what India achieved
I do not know if you know it you can mention in comments.

Do you think trips were fruitful for the benefit of India?

Reality views by sm –

Sunday, June 09, 2013

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