Shameless Privilege: Medical treatment abroad for bureaucrats

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).

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