A request from former President
Pratibha Patil’s office to clear fuel allowance of Rs 44,694 pending for the last seven
months, and an official car for travelling outside Pune has put government
officials in a fix. The Pune protocol department has forwarded the allowance
claims.
Officials of the General
administration department are awaiting instructions on whether the former
president can seek fuel allowance and use the official car as well.
Highly placed state government
officials said the centre had asked the state government to decide taking rules
into account. “We have to yet take a decision whether the former president can
claim allowance as well as demand an official car as per the President’s
Emolument and Pension Act 1951 and rules under President’s Pension Rule 1962.
The amount will be cleared after government issues instructions,” said a senior
official of the general administration department.
The state received the bills worth
Rs 44,694 from September 2014 to March 2015. The president is allowed 250
liters of fuel and salary to employ a driver, if a private vehicle is used,
equivalent to government pay scale. This was what was opted earlier.
The last communication by the former
president’s office to the MHA last month requested the government to provide an
official vehicle whenever she travels outside Pune or attends official
programmes in the city.
Government officials, on condition
of anonymity, said there has been a trail of communication between Patil’s office and the home department. “Earlier, she rejected the official car and
used her personal vehicle for which she stands to get fuel allowance and now
she is demanding an official car as well. She can get only either. The state
government will take a decision,” said the officials.
Patil’s office said they have been
asked not to speak to the media. Senior officials from the home ministry said
they have asked the state government to take a call.
I have remarked earlier on this President when you compare her with Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad. She has probably been the worst President India may have had and just imagine she was chosen over Dr. Azad by the Congress Party.
When Dr Azad entered Rashpatai Bhawan, he came with one suitcase and when he left, then too he left with one suitcase
In contrast look at at how Harry Trueman, the President of the USA during World War 11, lived after his retirement. The Original was posted in May 2012.
Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.
The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence Missouri . His wife had inherited the house from her mother and father and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.
When he retired from office in 1952 his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.
After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.
When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."
Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, congressional or otherwise."
As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.
Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices.
Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!
In contrast look at at how Harry Trueman, the President of the USA during World War 11, lived after his retirement. The Original was posted in May 2012.
Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.
The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence Missouri . His wife had inherited the house from her mother and father and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.
When he retired from office in 1952 his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.
After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.
When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."
Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, congressional or otherwise."
As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.
Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices.
Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!
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