Planning Commission spends Rs. 35 lakh to renovate two toilets

The Planning Commission spent 30 lakhs on renovating two toilets in its building; another five lakhs was spent on installing a smart-card system which restricted access to the toilets to 60 senior officials who work at the Yojana Bhawan in the capital. 

The expenditure has been revealed by a Right to Information application filed by activist Subhash Agrawal. The Commission also planned to install security cameras in the corridors leading to these toilets to ensure equipment was not stolen.  The 35-lakh toilets were, according to plans, to serve as models for upgrading another three toilers in the building at a later stage. 

The Planning Commission and its Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia created a major controversy recently over their poverty estimates -they pegged the poverty line at Rs. 28.65 in urban areas, meaning that anyone who spent more than Rs. 28 per day would not be considered poor.

Mr Ahluwalia's spend on travel was criticized recently after another RTI application revealed that  between May and October last year, two lakhs a day was spent on his foreign tours. He said that the trips were necessary for his work.

Now there is also a talk prevails in the political circle that, Mr. Ahluwalia may be elevated as Union Finance Minister (if Pranab is President of India). Am really much worried if he becomes FM of India……

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கிராமங்களில் வசிக்கும் ஒரு குடிமகன் நாள் ஒன்றுக்கு ரூ.28 சம்பாதித்தால் அவர் ஏழைகளல்ல என கூறிய மத்திய திட்டக்கமிஷன், டில்லியில் இரண்டு கழிவறைகளை புதுப்பிக்க 35 லட்ச ரூபாய் செலவு செய்துள்ளது தகவல் அறியும் சட்டத்தின் கீழ் தெரியவந்துள்ளது.