Rs 33.36 lakhs spent on foreign trips to publicise Vibrant Gujarat Summit

In order to publicize the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit, 2015 (VGGIS) in foreign countries, Gujarat Government sent nine IAS officers to different countries and spent around Rs 33.36 lakhs on their expenses. This was revealed by Gujarat Government before the State Assembly, on Monday, while replying to a question during the Question Hour.

Congress MLA from Thasra, Ramsinh Parmar, had asked if how many IAS officers were sent to publicize the biennial event scheduled in January next year. In reply to the question, the government said that total nine officers were sent to different foreign countries between August and September.

These officers include Atanu Chakraborty, G C Murmu, Bharat Lal, BB Swain, L Chuaungo, Kamal Dayani, Pankaj Kumar, J N Singh and A K Rakesh. In all, these officers had visited United States (West Coast), Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, United States (East Coast), Canada, UAE, Qatar, China, Hongkong, Singapore, Japan, Australia, France, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden.

The total expense of around Rs 33.36 lakhs for these foreign trips was incurred mainly on air tickets, mediclaim and daily allowances, the government replied before the assembly.