<p>When it comes to spending on tours, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley does not want to loosen his purses but his colleagues in the council of ministers have other plans.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Union ministers were allocated Rs 269 crore in 2015-16, for tour expenses but they ended up spending Rs 566.66 crore.However, Jaitley is not moved by this and has allocated only Rs 259 crore for the next fiscal, apparently with a hope that he may be able to control spending on this front.<br /><br />In the Budget allocation for expenses of the Cabinet, Jaitley has allocated only Rs 419.64 crore and the bulk goes to tour expenses. This comes at a time when the actual spending of Rs 713.27 crore had overshoot the actual allocation of Rs 416.99 crore in the 2015 Budget.<br /><br />For ministers’ salary, Rs 5.40 crore has been allocated while the Prime Minister’s Office would get Rs 43.79 crore, up from Rs 39.26 crore. <br /></p>
<p>When it comes to spending on tours, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley does not want to loosen his purses but his colleagues in the council of ministers have other plans.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Union ministers were allocated Rs 269 crore in 2015-16, for tour expenses but they ended up spending Rs 566.66 crore.However, Jaitley is not moved by this and has allocated only Rs 259 crore for the next fiscal, apparently with a hope that he may be able to control spending on this front.<br /><br />In the Budget allocation for expenses of the Cabinet, Jaitley has allocated only Rs 419.64 crore and the bulk goes to tour expenses. This comes at a time when the actual spending of Rs 713.27 crore had overshoot the actual allocation of Rs 416.99 crore in the 2015 Budget.<br /><br />For ministers’ salary, Rs 5.40 crore has been allocated while the Prime Minister’s Office would get Rs 43.79 crore, up from Rs 39.26 crore. <br /></p>
