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PMO Clears Rs 119 Crore Dues of Cash-Strapped National Carrier AI

[New Delhi] Prime Minister.s Office[PMO] Clears Rs 119 Crore Dues of Cash-Strapped National Carrier AI
As per RTI applicant Commodore (retd) Lokesh Batra ,PMO on January 30 uploaded on its website the details of bills worth about Rs 119.70 crore cleared for eight trips, which were shown pending or under process since last year.
The move comes following an order of Chief Information Commissioner R K Mathur who had refused to disclose the file notings related to the travel expenses incurred on the Prime Minister’s visits abroad, but took note of Batra’s quest for timely payment of bills by the government to the public sector units.
The PMO has claimed on its website that bills for trips – Japan, Laos, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya and Uzbekistan – have not been received while it shows that bills are under process for the four visits.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has undertaken 27 visits abroad since assuming the office on May 26, 2014, according to the PMO website