Modi’s oath-taking ceremony cost Rs 17.60 lakh

July 20, 2014 11:31 am | Updated May 23, 2016 03:55 pm IST - New Delhi

Narendra Modi during the swearing-in ceremony at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. File photo

Narendra Modi during the swearing-in ceremony at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. File photo

An expenditure of at least Rs 17.60 lakh was incurred on the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, an RTI reply has found.

The reply provided by the President’s Secretariat said approximate cost incurred on the arrangements of the oath-taking ceremony related to stage, furniture and other allied items is Rs 17.6 lakhs.

In its response to activist Ramesh Verma, the Secretariat said that it does not maintain the records of expenditure function-wise.

“Hence the information sought for cannot be provided. It is informed that the expenditure on functions in incurred by the spending units from the annual budget allotted to respective head of accounts,” a reply from CPIO Saurabh Vijay said.

The activist had sought to know from the President’s Secretariat “head-wise” details on the expenditure incurred on the oath-taking ceremony of Mr. Modi and total number of persons who attended the ceremony.

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