The government owes Air India over Rs 300 crore for VVIP flights and travel by authorities from different government divisions, according to an RTI answer given by the aircraft. Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd) documented an RTI application on April 2, 2024, to which Air India answered on October 14. As indicated by the reaction, the public authority owes Air India Rs 33.69 crore for VVIP flights, and Rs 268.80 crore for movement by authorities from different government divisions, services, organizations, and abroad missions.
According to the information shared, as of July 31, 2024, the Ministry of Defense owes the aircraft Rs 6.1228 crore for the President’s flights, while the Ministry of Home Affairs is a forthcoming installment to the tune of Rs 7 crore for the Prime Minister’s flights through the Cabinet Secretariat.
The Ministry of External Affairs owes the aircraft, presently stripped and offered to Tata Sons, over Rs 20 crore. Of this, Rs 10.22 crore are for the Vice President’s flights, Rs 7.21 crore for departure flights, and around Rs 3 crore for unfamiliar dignitaries.
While these records for VVIP flights, remarkable levy from the public authority of India for flights taken by authorities at Indian consulates, government divisions, offices, from the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, and so on contacted a cosmic Rs 268.8 crore, according to information accessible till March 31, 2024.
On Wednesday, the Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance gave an office reminder to all services and government divisions, just as Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, illuminating them that given the divestment cycle of Air India and Air India Express is in progress, Air India has quit broadening credit offices because of acquisition of air tickets.
