<p>A 15-member delegation comprising Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, two ministers, their private secretaries, officials and a few private individuals cost the exchequer Rs 9.23 crore during their 5-day visit to the World Economic Forum at Davos recently.</p>.<p>Bommai’s Davos trip resulted in Karnataka signing investment deals worth Rs 60,000 crore. </p>.<p>According to documents accessed under RTI, the government spent Rs 5 crore towards rent for the Karnataka pavilion space and its design at Davos.</p>.<p>Travel tickets cost Rs 73.22 lakh. Also, Rs 4.99 lakh of dearness allowance (DA) was paid to members of the delegation. </p>.<p>The 52nd World Economic Forum meeting was held between May 22 and 26 at Davos in Switzerland.</p>.<p>Bommai, Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani, IT/BT Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, nine officials and three private individuals, including a PR agency representative, had travelled to Davos. Bommai went there a day early. </p>.<p>RTI activist Marilingegowda Mali Patil told <span class="italic">DH</span>, “After returning from the visit, the chief minister and other ministers provided details about the investment attracted by taking part in the summit, but none of them revealed the expenditure.”</p>.<p>Patil questioned the government for taking private individuals as part of the government delegation.</p>.<p>“Though they were knowledge partners, what was the need to take them in a delegation by bearing the expenses from the government?” he said. </p>.<p>As on July 26, the government was yet to clear dues to the tune of Rs 15,33,786 towards rent for local transportation services hired at Davos. </p>
<p>A 15-member delegation comprising Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, two ministers, their private secretaries, officials and a few private individuals cost the exchequer Rs 9.23 crore during their 5-day visit to the World Economic Forum at Davos recently.</p>.<p>Bommai’s Davos trip resulted in Karnataka signing investment deals worth Rs 60,000 crore. </p>.<p>According to documents accessed under RTI, the government spent Rs 5 crore towards rent for the Karnataka pavilion space and its design at Davos.</p>.<p>Travel tickets cost Rs 73.22 lakh. Also, Rs 4.99 lakh of dearness allowance (DA) was paid to members of the delegation. </p>.<p>The 52nd World Economic Forum meeting was held between May 22 and 26 at Davos in Switzerland.</p>.<p>Bommai, Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani, IT/BT Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, nine officials and three private individuals, including a PR agency representative, had travelled to Davos. Bommai went there a day early. </p>.<p>RTI activist Marilingegowda Mali Patil told <span class="italic">DH</span>, “After returning from the visit, the chief minister and other ministers provided details about the investment attracted by taking part in the summit, but none of them revealed the expenditure.”</p>.<p>Patil questioned the government for taking private individuals as part of the government delegation.</p>.<p>“Though they were knowledge partners, what was the need to take them in a delegation by bearing the expenses from the government?” he said. </p>.<p>As on July 26, the government was yet to clear dues to the tune of Rs 15,33,786 towards rent for local transportation services hired at Davos. </p>
