TIOL-DDT 2096 · Thursday, 2 May 2013 · story 4 of 6
17.88 lakhs spent on foreign tours of Members and other officials of CBEC
By Vijay Kumar
THE Central Board of Excise & Customs has made a ‘suomoto' disclosure of foreign tours of Members & other officials of CBEC under sub-section (2) of section 4 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
It is mentioned that for the quarter ending 31 st March, 2013 the total cost of such travel undertaken to the foreign lands viz. Belgium/Brussels, South Africa/Pretoria & Russia/Moscow is approximately Rs.17,88,400/-.
DDT feels that once the other allowances are included, the figures would be spicy.