Question : PERMANENT MISSION IN GENEVA

(a) the total expenditure incurred by the Government on the country`s permanent Mission at Geneva during the last three years, year-wise;

(b) the total number of staff deployed at that Mission;

(c) the main functions of this Mission;

(d) whether expenditure is being incurred by the Government on the facilities being provided to the staff stationed at Geneva;

(e) if so, the details thereof for the last three years;

(f) whether any case of misappropriation of funds has come to the notice of the Government in this regard; and

(g) if so, the steps taken or being taken by the Government in this regard?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SMT. PRENEET KAUR)

(a) The details of expenditure incurred by the Government on the Permanent Mission of India at Geneva during the last three financial years are as follows:

2008-09 Rs. 29.45 crore
2009-10 Rs. 29.72 crore
2010-11 Rs. 29.60 crore