Officials to fly economy, no meets in 5 stars: Yogi snips wasteful spending

The UP govt feels that for optimum utilisation of public funds, cutting of wasteful administrative expenditure is imperative

The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to cut wasteful public expenditure and curb discretionary spending by officials to save funds for more productive uses. 

Under the new guidelines issued by the state chief secretary, officials have been directed to fly economy class, while exercising prudence over other expenditure, including foreign travel, availing of commercial services for their respective departments, and on publicity, etc.

According to a highly placed source, a government order (GO) was issued on Tuesday in this regard and circulated among all department heads, including additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries, and secretaries, etc. The order is also applicable to all