New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has expressed serious concerns over the usage of a VIP fleet of Indian Air Force planes to the places which are connected by commercial airline services.
The report of the audit of the IAF, tabled in the both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday, clearly stated that the “controls designed to ensure that OEPs (other entitled persons, besides the three service chiefs) utilised the VIP fleet only in inescapable cases for routes connected by commercial air services were not working. Detention charges amounting to `32.25 crore were not raised/levied.”
The Air Headquarters Communication Squadron has three Boeing Business Jet aircraft, four Embraer aircraft and six Mi-8 helicopters.
In addition, the VVIPs also use Air India’s Boeing 747-400 aircraft for their international visits. While the IAF pays for the international visits of the President, such trips of the Vice-President and the Prime Minister are paid by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Prime Minister’s Office respectively.
27/07/16 New Indian Express
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The report of the audit of the IAF, tabled in the both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday, clearly stated that the “controls designed to ensure that OEPs (other entitled persons, besides the three service chiefs) utilised the VIP fleet only in inescapable cases for routes connected by commercial air services were not working. Detention charges amounting to `32.25 crore were not raised/levied.”
The Air Headquarters Communication Squadron has three Boeing Business Jet aircraft, four Embraer aircraft and six Mi-8 helicopters.
In addition, the VVIPs also use Air India’s Boeing 747-400 aircraft for their international visits. While the IAF pays for the international visits of the President, such trips of the Vice-President and the Prime Minister are paid by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Prime Minister’s Office respectively.
27/07/16 New Indian Express
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