Thursday, July 23, 2009

Surya, Prafulla most expensive Ministers of Orissa

After BJP’s Manmohan Samal, BJD’s Surya Narayan Patro and Prafulla Ghadai, have became the most expensive Ministers of poor State like Orissa. Samal during his term of office as Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, had maximum foreign tour while Patro who toured Thailand, London and USA during the 2005 and 2006, had incurred the maximum expenditure of Rs 5,22,024.

Interestingly, Finance Minister Ghadai, who is brother-in-laws of BJP leader Samal, stood behind Patro in terms of expenditure.

At least 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.

Ghadhei, who visited Australia and Singapore during May this year , has spent 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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