Rs 8.78 CRORE SPENT BY UP MINISTERS ON POCKET MONEY

State Ministers of Government submitted the details of spent pocket money in UP Assembly on Tuesday.  The ministers have spent Rs 8,78,00000.00 in their pocket money during the tenure since March 2012 to March 2016.

The only minister of Uttar Pradesh Government, Mr Shiv Pal Singh Yadav, who did not spent a penny from the government fund in his personal use.

The BJP leader of state assembly, Mr Suresh Khanna, was submitted the details of ministers’ pocket money by the government on his question. Smt Arun Kumari Kori, cultural minister, has spent much fund on her pocket money. She has spent Rs 2293800 so far. Mohd. Azam Khan crossed the figure Rs 22,86,000.

The schedule tariff for the journey of ministers in the state Rs 2500/ per day, and for the purpose of inland journeys Rs 3000/ per day can be spent.

MINISTERS NAME	POCKET MONEY IN Rs.	Tenure Post of Minister
Smt. Arun Kumari Kori	22,93,800	Culture
Mohd. Azam Khan	22,86,620	Parliamentary Affairs, Muslim Waqf, Urban Development, Water Supplies, Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation, overall Urban Development, Minority Welfare & Haj
Kailash Chursia	22,85,900	State Minister, Child Development and Nutrition, Primary Education
Shiv Kumar Baria	21,93,000	Former minister in UP CABINET
Arvind Kumar Singh ‘Gope’	21,87,900	Rural Development Minister
Jagdish Sonker	21,53,000	State Minister, Land Development & Water Resources and Waste Land Development
Ram Karan Arya	21,08,000	State Minister, External Aided Project, Overall Rural Development, Sports and Youth Welfare, ...
Shahid Manjoor	21,25,400	Labour, Employment
Om prakash Singh	20,51,200	Tourism
Kamal Akhtar	20,58,200	Food & Civil Supplies
Ram Murty Verma	20,34,600	Dairy Development
Washim Ahmad	20,05,587	Child Development and Nutrition, Primary Education and Energy
Prof. Abhishek Mishra	18,94,103	Vocational Education and Skilled Development
Vinod Kumar 'Pandit Singh'	19,74,955	Agriculture, (Except Agriculture External Trade, Agriculture Export & Agriculture Marketing) Agriculture Education, Agriculture Research
Maanpal Singh	18,86,600	Transport
Ramsakal Gujar	18,35,423	Sports, Youth Welfare
Ahmad Hasan	3,80,774	Primary Education
Rajendra Chaudhari	2,63,400	Political pension minister
Sahab Singh	1,81,000	Backward Class Welfare, Handicapped Development
Bansidhar Baudh	1,92,500	State minister for Social and welfare
Raghuraj Pratap Singh	7,50,300	Stamp and  Court Fees, Registration, Civil Defence
Kameshwar Upaddhyay	67,400