Chandigarh: The Haryana government has now approved Rs 15 crore from the budget to spruce up the government bungalows of 14 Ministers including Nayab Singh Saini, the Chief Minister of Haryana. The Assembly has now approved the money for maintenance work at the Chief Minister’s house, ministers’ office rooms, and their residences for the 2024-25 fiscal.
Despite crores of rupees being spent every year on the bungalows of many Ministers in the last five years, now the new Ministers have been allotted Rs 15 crore for the renovation, decoration, and repair of the government bungalows as per their choice.
This approval has been given recently in the Supplementary Estimates session of the Assembly. According to a document, “Being a post-budget development, the provision could not be made in the Budget Estimates for 2024-25. Hence, the demand of Rs 15 crore is being made through Supplementary Estimates.”
However, the opposition Congress did not oppose the proposal, and the demand sailed through without contention. With the formation of the new BJP government led by Chief Minister Saini, a fresh allocation of offices and residences has been carried out.
Among the 14 ministers, only State Energy Minister Anil Vij has declined official accommodation.