NPCC says public exchequer incurred a loss of Rs 11 crore, 87 lakh and 99 thousand in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014
DIMAPUR, MARCH 30 (MExN): Nagaland Tourism Department spent Rs 11.95 crore in the celebration of Hornbill Festival during 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 and earned only Rs 7.01 lakh as revenue resulting a public exchequer loss of Rs 11 crore, 87 lakh and 99 thousand only.
This was revealed by the department in reply to an RTI filed by the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) Public Grievances Department (PGD) pertaining to Hornbill Festival.
The PGD, NPCC also stated that the documents received from the Tourism Department for the year 2010, 2011 and 2012 did not contain record on Annual Percentage Record (APR) and entry fee, which is also considered as Government revenue.
For the year 2014, as per documents received, the total number of tourist visitors both domestic and international was 1,72,013 and revenue collected from entry tickets as per treasury challan amounted to Rs 3,14,916, which means only Rs 1.83 paise per head only was collected.
The PGD, NPCC said it is yet to receive the documents pertaining to the years 2013 & 2015 from the department.
