Austerity drive: No first class air
travel for bureaucrats
New Delhi, Oct 30
(PTI) Unveiling an austerity drive to trim
fiscal deficit, the government has banned first class air travel for
bureaucrats, meetings in five-star hotels and purchase of cars while freezing
new appointments.
The measures that
are aimed at cutting non-plan spending by 10 per cent includes a ban on filling
of vacant posts to reduce fiscal deficit to a 7-year low of 4.1 per cent of
GDP.
Check the link below for complete order by Ministry of Finance
http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/emre/Austerityinstructions2014.pdf
Check the link below for complete order by Ministry of Finance
http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/emre/Austerityinstructions2014.pdf