Members of Parliament (MPs): India
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1990-2015: expenditure on transit accommodation
Mar 26 2015
Since 1990, govt has spent Rs 55 crore on MPs' transit stay
The government has spent about Rs 35.75 crore on transit accommodation of MPs between 1990-91 and 201314. Sources said the outstanding bill from ITDC-run hotels and state guest houses would be another Rs 20-25 crore. With the outstanding amount piling up year after year, the Lok Sabha secretariat has issued an ultimatum to first-time MPs staying at Hotel Ashok to move to their official accommodation or foot the bill themselves. About 50 MPs are staying at the hotel, which charges Rs 9,000 per day only for the stay and buffet breakfast. The other two ITDC hotels that provide transit accommodation to MPs are Hotel Janpath and Hotel Samrat.
In a Right To Information response to Delhi resident Ved Pal, the urban development ministry has said, “No separate data of expenditure on transit accommodation after even general election is maintained.“ However, it maintains that the details of expenditure incurred during each financial year and the yearwise details were shared in the RTI reply.
“While the bill on account of such transit accommodation is raised within a year of any general election, we release the payment when we have the budget. So, the outstanding amount is increasing,“ said a government official.
