New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The benefits of the foreignvisits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot be quantifiedand are not part of official records, the Prime Minister'sOffice has told the Central Information Commission.
The case pertains to RTI applicant Kritiwas Mandal whohad sought to know in June, 2016 the details of Modi's foreignvisits, amount spent on the visits, hours spent on these tripsand benefits of these visits among others.
The PMO told the applicant that the information about theprime minister's foreign visits and expenses incurred isavailable on its website.
The applicant approached the transparency watchdog CICwith an appeal that the information sought by him like hoursspent on foreign visits was incomplete.
He also stated that he has not been informed about thefund from which the expenditure of the prime minister'sforeign visits was incurred.
During the hearing on October 10, the PMO stated thatwith regard to the point about benefits to public from theforeign visits, the appellant has been informed that thisinformation is not part of the official record.
"The respondent (the PMO) stated that the benefit offoreign visits cannot (be) quantified and is not available intheir record. Number of hours spent on visit (is) not onrecord," Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathurnoted in his order.
The PMO said visit expenditure is incurred from theConsolidated Fund of India, he pointed out. PTI ABS SKL VJ ZMNNSD.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.