INDIA SUMMARIZED

NEW DELHI: The average annual cost of maintenance of each flat in North and South Avenues meant for Members of Parliament is 2.95 lakhs, Lok Sabha was informed. The expenditure incurred per year on the maintenance of the MPs' flats in South and North Avenues per year since 2011-12 has been 17.50 cr, 18.28 cr and 20.45 cr respectively, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said in a written reply. He said an expenditure of 3.52 cr has been incurred during April-July 2014 for the maintenance of the flats. Naidu stated that there are a total of 62,952 dwelling units under Type-I to Type-VIII categories General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) in Delhi for allocation to central government employees. These include-56,261 under Type-I to Type-IV, 183 (Type-VII) and 125 (Type-VIII). Minister said that out of turn allotment ranged from 1.19 per cent in respect of Type-I to Type-IV accommodation and 4.37 percent in case of Type-VA category. Naidu...