Times of India: Vadodara: Tuesday, 17 May 2022.
Reply to an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by an activist has revealed that Rs 6.5 lakh was spent by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in 13 months on refreshments, tea and coffee for the offices of four elected functionaries of the civic body.
Activist Atul Gamechi had sought the details of the amount spent on refreshments in the offices of the mayor, deputy mayor, standing committee chairman and leader of the ruling party. The offices of the four functionaries together spent Rs 6,49,554 from March 2021 to March 2022.
The expense in the mayor’s office was the lowest at Rs 89,172, while the standing committee chairman’s office spent the highest amount of Rs 2,98,313. An official said that the chairman’s expenditure was the highest because it included expenses during the weekly standing committee meetings as well as the marathon budget meetings of the committee.
Reply to an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by an activist has revealed that Rs 6.5 lakh was spent by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in 13 months on refreshments, tea and coffee for the offices of four elected functionaries of the civic body.
Activist Atul Gamechi had sought the details of the amount spent on refreshments in the offices of the mayor, deputy mayor, standing committee chairman and leader of the ruling party. The offices of the four functionaries together spent Rs 6,49,554 from March 2021 to March 2022.
The expense in the mayor’s office was the lowest at Rs 89,172, while the standing committee chairman’s office spent the highest amount of Rs 2,98,313. An official said that the chairman’s expenditure was the highest because it included expenses during the weekly standing committee meetings as well as the marathon budget meetings of the committee.
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