New Delhi:The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance government supposedly believes in personal austerity, but that clearly does not extend to the perquisites of office for India's most senior officers.
It has been reported that the Department of Personnel and Training of the Union government has decided that the Indian taxpayer will pay for medical expenses incurred abroad on complex procedures by senior bureaucrats of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS). An official was quoted as saying: "A member of the Service shall be eligible to obtain medical treatment outside India or, as the case may be, to claim reimbursement of the cost of medical treatment obtained inside or outside India." This will also extend to reimbursement for costs incurred by members of the bureaucrat's family. International airfare will also be reimbursed for the patient and one attendant. This is an extension of benefits already available to members of Parliament (MPs) and to Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers posted abroad.
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