As per the information the tour of the present President of India Smt Prathibha Patil Shekhavat so far is about Rs 205 crores. She has traveled for 79 days in 22 countries. For a country with mil.lions of poor people struggling to get 2 square meals a day, this type expenses are to be curtailed. She being the Number one citizen of the country has a great responsibility to set example to others. While she has to keep up the prestige of the Nation on tours, she can ponder as to whether the tour is absolutely essential. On essential tours she should ponder whether the expenses incurred for her trips were essential. Is it necessary for her to take so many relatives on foreign tours? Would she have taken so many relations on personal trips or spend so much money on her personal trips?
She has the distinction of being the first woman President of India and created a good impression on her maiden inauguration of the Joint session of Parliament. She is now having only about another 6 months time left. At least during these 6 months President Smt Prathibha Patil should try to remove the impression of an extravagant person when the expenses are to be incurred by the Government. As the first citizen of the country let us hope that she tries to set an example during the remainder of her tenure in view of the fact that our country is one with large number of poor people.
The Prime Minister and Finance Minister should bring in some moderation of the expenses of the Ministers and the Government officials going abroad on official trips and drastically reduce the expenses. irrespective of whichever party rules at the Center or States the foreign tours are taken for granted and is considered as perks to the concerned. This attitude should be changed.
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