-: [rti4empowerment] why govt spent money for sonia Gandhi? whether she holding office of public authority?

Sunday, October 7, 2012

[rti4empowerment] why govt spent money for sonia Gandhi? whether she holding office of public authority?

As RTI Act sec 2(h)"public authority" means any authority or body or institution of self- government established or constituted—

(a)

by or under the Constitution;

(b)

by any other law made by Parliament;

(c)

by any other law made by State Legislature;

(d)

by notification issued or order made by the appropriate Government, and includes any—

(i)

body owned, controlled or substantially financed;

(ii)

non-Government organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate Government;

why govt spent money for sonia gandhi?

whether she holding office of public authority?
whether there any provision of law/ act/ consitiution / Government order that govt to spent money for sonia (UPA chairperson) foreign Trips?
whether sonia (UPA chairperson) office is public authority?

govt spent several lakhs rupees(public money) for sonia for foreign trips, medical expenses.

Why should not sonia gandhi disclose income tax returns?
Sonia Gandhi cites privacy, refuses to disclose info on I-T returns

http://gopalakrishanvelu.blogspot.in/2012/02/shri-sonia-gandhi-objected-or-refused.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rs-64L-spent-by-SPG-on-Sonias-travels/articleshow/16717644.cms

NEW DELHI: The government spent Rs 15.50 lakh on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's visits abroad between 2006 and 2011, according to data accessed through RTI.

The Prime Minister's Office on Friday had said the government did not incur any expenses on Sonia's travel. The statement sought to differentiate between spending by the government and cost borne by the Special Protection Group for the security contingent.

The Rs 15 lakh spent is in addition to Rs 64.76 lakh that Indian missions across the world spent on the SPG which travelled with Sonia, according to information disclosed under RTI.

Sonia is a Z-plus security protectee with a high level of threat perception.

According to replies given by Indian missions to Hisar-based RTI applicant Ramesh Verma, Sonia's travel to South Africa, China, Germany and Belgium were paid for by the government.

According to the Indian embassy in Brussels, Sonia travelled to Belgium between November 9-12, 2006 and incurred Rs 34,292 in expenses. The PMO statement had mentioned that the trip was on the invitation of the Belgian government to receive a national honour. The total cost of the trip was less than Rs 3 lakh and was paid for by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the statement issued on October 5 said.

In its response to Verma's query on the amount spent on the Congress chief's travel, the Indian consulate in Johannesburg in a reply dated November 2011 said Rs 14.06 lakh was spent which included daily allowance, accommodation, phone and travel expenses. For her trip to China, while Sonia's expenses for Beijing (in 2007 and 2008) and Shanghai (in 2007) were paid for by the hosts — the International Department of Communist Party of China — her Xian trip in 2007 cost the Indian embassy in Beijing Rs 70,505. The embassy spent Rs 26.01 lakh on logistics like hotel and transport for the SPG team.

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