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Govt Earned Rs 1,163 Crore From Selling Scrap; Same As Budget Of Two Chandrayaan-3 Missions

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OB Bureau

Nee Delhi: The government has earned nearly Rs 1,163 crore by selling scrap since October 2021, including a whopping Rs 557 crore earned during a one-month-long campaign in October this year. According to a government report, an astounding number of 96 lakh physical files have been weeded out in central government offices since October 2021 and nearly 355 lakh square feet of space has been freed in government offices in all. This has led to cleaned-up corridors in offices, utilisation of freed space as recreation centres and for other useful purposes, News18 reported.

India’s successful Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon cost around Rs 600 crore. By this estimate, the Narendra Modi government could well have funded two such missions, by selling scrap like files, condemned office equipment and obsolete vehicles.

“The Russian moon mission, which was unsuccessful, cost Rs 16,000 crore, and our (Chandrayaan-3) mission cost just around Rs 600 crore. Hollywood films based on moon and space missions cost over Rs 600 crore,” MoS Space, Jitendra Singh was quoted as saying earlier this year.

The Rs 1,163 crore revenue figure from the sale of scrap shows how big and important the government programme on cleanliness has been, with the push coming right from PM Narendra Modi. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances has led this drive, the report added.

OB Bureau

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