How much did the government spend daily on the One Nation One Election Report?

In December 2024, the Central Government introduced two bills related to the ‘one nation one election’ in Parliament, which have been sent to the Joint Committee for discussion. Earlier, the cabinet had also approved a detailed report prepared by the committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind in this regard. Now it has been revealed in RTI that the central government has spent about 95 thousand rupees to prepare this report. This information has been given by the Law Ministry in response to RTI filed by a media firm.

Cost Rs. Less than 500

The goal of the report prepared by the High Level Committee on the ‘one nation, one election’ is to hold the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously in the country. The government says that this will not only reduce government expenditure but will also increase administrative efficiency and capacity. To prepare this report, a committee was formed on 2 September 2023 under the chairmanship of former President Kovind and the committee submitted a detailed report to the government on 14 March 2024.

It costs Rs 491 per day to prepare this report.

It costs Rs 491 per day to prepare this report and the committee has spent a total of Rs 95 thousand 344 to prepare the report. It can be believed that the committee has worked hard day and night to prepare the report and if the non-work day is also added along with the holidays, the daily cost may be slightly higher.

This includes travel and printing costs.

In RTI, detailed information was sought from the government about the expenditure incurred in preparing the report. This includes draft cost, research costs, travel and printing costs. The information given by the government is divided into various categories, including information, computer and telecom expenses. Apart from this, it also includes office expenses and professional fees. This information is given by adding the cost of machinery, digital equipment, travel, printing and publication.

Members did not get a fee from the committee

In another information sought in connection with the payment of the members of the committee, the government said that no member of the committee preparing the report received a fee and did so without payment. The members of the committee come from various backgrounds, including former President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, former Opposition leader in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Finance Commission Chairman NK Singh, former Lok Sabha General Secretary Subhash Kashyap, senior advocate. . Harish Salve, former CVC is Sanjay Kothari, besides Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal was a specially invited member of the committee. Apart from this, Nitin Chandra worked as Secretary in this high level committee.