Amid cash crunch, Maha nod to buy ₹1.37-cr cars for 4 ministers, babu, department | Mumbai news - Hindustan Times
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Amid cash crunch, Maha nod to buy 1.37-cr cars for 4 ministers, babu, department

By, Mumbai
Jul 04, 2020 12:58 AM IST

While the state government is facing a cash crunch owing to the shrinking revenue receipts amid Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, the state gave special permission to buy six high-end cars for four ministers, a bureaucrat and a department. The cars will cost 1.37 crore to the exchequer.

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The six Innova Crysta seven-seater cars costing 22.83 lakh each are meant for use of school education minister Varsha Gaikwad, her deputy (MoS) Bachchu Kadu, sports minister Sunil Kedar, his deputy Aditi Tatkare, the additional chief secretary of the school education and sports department, while the sixth car is for the office use of the department. A government resolution (GR) giving sanction for the purchase from a Mumbai-based agency was issued on Saturday.

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Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has given special sanction for purchase as the price of the cars was exceeding the approved limit of 20 lakh for vehicles used by ministers.

The state has sustained revenue loss of more than 50,000 crore in the past four months due to the lockdown announced after the outbreak of the pandemic. Officials in the finance department said exceptional sanction for the vehicles meant for the secretary and office use was unwarranted.

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    Surendra P Gangan is Senior Assistant Editor with political bureau of Hindustan Times’ Mumbai Edition. He covers state politics and Maharashtra government’s administrative stories. Reports on the developments in finances, agriculture, social sectors among others.

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