The Narendra Modi government’s maiden budget for 2014-15 has proposed only marginal hike in the allocation for salaries, tour expenses of Cabinet Ministers but proposed an increase of Rs. 60 crore in establishment related expenditure of the Prime Minister’s Office.
While provision for salaries of the Ministers has been proposed at Rs. 5.80 crore in 2014-15, marginally higher from Rs. 5.75 crore of last fiscal, their tour expenses have been increased from Rs. 260.25 crore to Rs. 271.80 crore.