Question : CENTRES OF ICCR ABROAD



(a) the details of the delegations sent by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in the last three years and the amount of money spent on each delegation and the number of persons who travelled in each delegations, year-wise;

(b) whether the ICCR has opened more centres abroad than approved by the Government; and

(c) if so, the details of the centres approved and number of centres actually opened and the amount of money spent on each centre?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI E. AHAMED)

(a) The details of delegations sent by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR) in the last three years and amount of money spent on each delegation and the number of persons who travelled in each delegation, year-wise; are at annexure ‘A’ to annexure ‘C’

(b) & (c) All the Centres abroad have been opened after due approvals.