Expenditure Details of Indian Embassy in Cairo (Egypt)

Objective
To know how much expenditure occurred on Indian Officials Posted in Foreign Indian Embassies
Category
General Info

India has diplomatic relations with almost every country in the world. India has embassies in every country to continue this relationship and to create seamless communication between the Indian and Foreign Governments.

Indian Officials in these embassies are posted by the ministry of external affairs, who work there on behalf of the Government of India.

The Government of India is responsible for all the expenses incurred on the accommodation, food, travel and security of all these Embassy officials.

An RTI was filed with Embassy of India Cairo in Egypt to know the below mentioned information :-

  1. List of Government of Indian Officials in the Embassy.
  2. Amount of salary received by every government of officials in the Embassy.
  3. Expenses incurred on the Embassy Official (on their accommodation, travel, food etc) during the time period from 01.11.2021 to 31.12.2021.

The point wise reply of the concerned Central Public Information Officer is given below :-

  1. For Point number 1 CPIO replied that :-
    The details of India based officers/officials posted in Embassy of India Cairo (Egypt) are being displayed on the website of the mission at the link : https://www.eoicairo.gov.in/page/officials/.
  2. For point number 2 CPIO replied that :-
    The details of salaries of India based officers/officials posted in Embassy of India Cairo (Egypt) are being displayed on the website of the mission at the link :- Annexure I (Monthly Remuneration of India Based Officials in Cairo, Egypt).
  3. For point number 3 CPIO replied that :-
    • Rs. 64,11,685/- (Sixty Four Lakh Eleven Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Five Rupees) of expenses incurred on Embassy Officials during the period 01.11.2021 to 31.12.2021 on residential accommodation (rent, rates and taxes).
    • Rs. 3,27,148/- (Three Lakh Twenty Seven Thousand One Hundred Forty Eight Rupees) of expenses incurred on Embassy Officials during the period 01.11.2021 to 31.12.2021 on Foreign travel expenses (Home Leave, Transfer Passage, Emergency Passage).
    • There is no expenditure incurred on food.

Conclusion

  • As we see here the RTI data is only for 2 month.
  • The Government of India spent more than Rs 64 lakhs (includes rent and taxes) on the stay of its embassy officials/staff in a small country in just 2 month.
  • So if we estimate the expenditure for the whole year, then this amount will be very high.
  • Over Rs.3 Lakhs spent by the Government of India on travel expenses (home leave, transfer passage, emergency passage) of Embassy officials/staff within just 2 month.
  • But through this RTI it is not understood that why no expenditure was made on the food of the officials/staff of the embassy. Whether the cost of food for Indian officials/staff is borne by the Egyptian government.
  • Official RTI request and Official RTI reply is given below.
RTI Request Set
RTI Request Details
Application Type
Date of Filing
RTI Response Details
Date of Reply

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