The people to whom we say our representatives are spending the Govt money which we pay in tax in foreign tour ,when half of the people of the state are not able to get two bare meals to eat. It is conformed when one hear that eight former and present ministers of the Orissa government have toured foreign countries during the last nine years incurring an expenditure of Rs 20.33 lakhs.
Replying to a joint question of Dushmant Naik, Nihar Ranjan Mahananda and Yogesh Kumar Singh in the Orissa Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Raghunath Mohanty said State Revenue Minister Suryanarayan Patro who toured Thailand, London and USA during the 2005 and 2006, had incurred the maximum expenditure of Rs 5,22,024.
He is followed by Finance Minister P C Ghadhei who visited Australia and Singapore during May this year and spending Rs 4,25,939. Former Minister Golak Bihari Nayak had visited Malaysia and Thailand and spent Rs 60,925, the lowest among the Ministers The other ministers who went on foreign tours when in office were former Ministers B B Harichandan who visited Zurich, Geneva, London and Vienna at a cost of Rs2,63,477, Surendra Nath Nayak spent Rs1,13,199 travelling to Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Jayanaryan Mishra incurred Rs 2,38,340 on his abroad tour of London, Paris and Geneva, Padmanav Behera spent Rs 2,12,478 for visiting Tehran.
Present Higher Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra who visited Indonesia, Italy and France during 2007 and 2008 while holding the tourism ministry incurred an expenditure of Rs 1,97,140, Mohanty said.
Replying to a joint question of Dushmant Naik, Nihar Ranjan Mahananda and Yogesh Kumar Singh in the Orissa Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Raghunath Mohanty said State Revenue Minister Suryanarayan Patro who toured Thailand, London and USA during the 2005 and 2006, had incurred the maximum expenditure of Rs 5,22,024.
He is followed by Finance Minister P C Ghadhei who visited Australia and Singapore during May this year and spending Rs 4,25,939. Former Minister Golak Bihari Nayak had visited Malaysia and Thailand and spent Rs 60,925, the lowest among the Ministers The other ministers who went on foreign tours when in office were former Ministers B B Harichandan who visited Zurich, Geneva, London and Vienna at a cost of Rs2,63,477, Surendra Nath Nayak spent Rs1,13,199 travelling to Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Jayanaryan Mishra incurred Rs 2,38,340 on his abroad tour of London, Paris and Geneva, Padmanav Behera spent Rs 2,12,478 for visiting Tehran.
Present Higher Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra who visited Indonesia, Italy and France during 2007 and 2008 while holding the tourism ministry incurred an expenditure of Rs 1,97,140, Mohanty said.
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