A Bill rewarding "companions and relatives" of Ministers with free air travel within India has got Parliamentary approval without debate. The Bill entitles Ministers to take along "any number of companions or relatives" by air but is subject to a maximum of 48 such trips per year. According to the Bill, the government will incur no additional expenditure due to the measure.
He has asked J-K leaders to cut down on government expenditure.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/omar-toes-centres-line-follows-austerity/107209-37.html
Rs 37 lakh is what the exchequer paid for his stay at Ashoka.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/106348/watch-angry-mamata-asks-minister-to-pay-hotel-bill.html
Sultan Ahmed's stay in Ashoka Hotel cost the tax payer about Rs 37 lakh.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/minister-forced-to-be-austere-leave-hotel/106323-37.html
The rate of the suite is more than Rs 20,000 per night.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/austerity-sham-mp-stays-in-5star-for-6-months/106277-37.html
25 years after Indira Gandhi's death, Congress is preparing for her rebirth.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/104283/watch-be-austere-like-indira-says-sonia-gandhi.html
Mukesh Ambani has decided to lower his pay package by nearly two-thirds.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mukesh-sets-example-lowers-his-salary-to-15-cr/103319-7.html
The CM also directed her partymen to not hold meetings in five-star hotels.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/crores-spent-on-statues-maya-remembers-austerity/103217-37.html
The party says the austerity drive was to make its ministers more accountable.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cpim-for-austerity-to-check-on-wrong-trends/103065-37.html
The spirit to follow the austerity drive seems to be lacking.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/102963/allegations-fly-upas-austerity-drive-in-trouble.html
Politicians allegedly book economy class but travel by business class.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/102903/ministers-fake-austerity-drive-pilots-complain.html
Life sans city-comforts too unimaginable for most politicians.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/102662/congressmen-hobnob-with-dalits-carry-comfort-along.html
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