Rajasthan Govt To Lease Helicopter: Bhajanlal Sharma’s government of Rajasthan will take helicopters on lease for VIP flights and a huge amount will be spent on this. According to the information, the state government will spend about Rs 24 crore annually to take helicopters on lease.
The Rajasthan government will spend an estimated Rs 23.79 crore annually to hire helicopters from a private company for VIP flights, the state assembly has been informed.
Rajasthan government does not have any aircraft
In a written reply to an unstarred question by Congress MLA Shikha Meel Barala in the Rajasthan Assembly on July 26, the state government said that it does not have any aircraft. During this, it was also told that the state government spent Rs 76.46 crore on helicopter or airplane services from 2020-21 to 2023-24.
The reply from the BJP government of Rajasthan said, “The State Government currently does not have any aircraft or helicopter. On June 5, 2024, the State Government has signed an agreement to lease or hire a helicopter from M/s Redbird Airways Private Limited, New Delhi.”
How much has been spent on VIP flights so far?
According to a PTI report, it said, “It is estimated to cost Rs 23.79 crore per year.” The House was also informed that the state government’s expenditure on air services was Rs 8.03 crore in 2020-21, Rs 7.19 crore in 2021-22, Rs 31.30 crore in 2022-23 and Rs 29.94 crore in 2023-24.
Congress MLA Barala gave advice to Rajasthan government
Reacting to the reply, Congress MLA Barala told PTI that it would have been better to buy the helicopter instead of spending crores on leasing it. He said, “If the government had bought a helicopter in this amount, it would have been financially better in the future.”
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