Hiring of Aircraft/ Helicopter for the official use of VIPs/other
Dignitaries on hired basis by Govt. of Odisha
Few months back, there was hue and cry in mass media about use of
Helicopter by Sri Nabin Patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha for his visit to Cuttack
which is just 30 kms from Bhubaneswar, resident and office of the Chief
Minister. It was alleged that it was completely misuse of public money. Out of
curiosity to know about
details of hiring of
Helicopters, amount paid from State
exchequer, RTI
Application was submitted on 28.1.2015 to the PIO, Department of General
Administration, Govt. of Odisha seeking information about decisions taken and terms and conditions for Engagement of Deccan Charters Pvt. Ltd for
providing Helicoptor/ Aircrafts services
on hire to State Govt. from 2009-10 to 2014-15 including copy of the
file noting. The PIO took around 5
months to provide the information. But still this information is incomplete. I
received this information from the Department on 6.6.15. The details of the
information supplied by the PIO are as follows.
A. The
information has been provided from 2011. It may be from this year the State Govt. has entered into agreement with Deccan Charters Flight Ltd. for hiring of helicopter for VIP operation of State Government.
B. As per the
filing noting ad correspondence made, the State Govt., was hiring Bell-230 twin engine Air conditioned helicopter
for VIP Operation on Fixed
Monthly Charge ( FMC) for a temporary period sometimes one month or two
months which gets extended from time to
time.
C. On 11.11.2011, the Government approved the offer of
M/s Deccan Charters Ltd. for hiring their Bell-230 twin
engine Air Conditioned helicaptor with VVIP lub seating for VIP operations of the State Govt. on Fixed
Monthly Charges. The details of terms and conditions are as follows.
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Sl.No
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Particulars of Hire Charges
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Amount (INR)
|
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1
|
Fixed Monthly Flying
Charges ( FMFC) of 30 hours
per month @ Rs. 1,20,000/- per
hour ( minimum monthly cumulative
entitlement of 30 hrs.)
|
Rs. 36,00,000/- per month
|
|
2
|
Flying charges for
positioning & Return Ferry ( any
mobilisation and demobilisation )
|
Rs. 14,30,000/-
|
|
3
|
Hourly Flying charges ( HFC)
for any flying beyond entitlement
of 30 hrs per month.
|
Rs. 1,10,000
|
|
4
|
Fuel transportation
charges to outstation
|
On actual
|
D. On
21.3.12, the State Govt. entered into
negotiation and approved the offer
of Deccan Charges Ltd.
for hiring their EC-135 P2 twin engine helicopter on wet lease basis for VIP operations as the following terms and Conditions
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Sl.No
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Particulars of Hire Charges
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Amount (INR)
|
|
1
|
Fixed Monthly Charges
( FMC) which does not include any free flying hour
|
Rs. 48,00,000/- per month
|
|
2
|
Hourly Flying Charges ( HFC)
|
Rs. 47,110.00
|
|
3
|
Flying charges for
positioning & Return Ferry ( any
mobilisation and demobilisation )
|
Rs. 17,82,500/-
|
|
4
|
Crew accommodation and
transportation at out station will be
borne by Govt.
|
|
|
5
|
Fuel positioning charges
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On actual
|
E. On 31.7.14, the Purchasing Committee in its meeting held
under chairmanship of U.N. Behera revised
charges for hiring twin engine helicopter as per the
proposal submitted by M/S Deccan Chartered Pvt. Ltd. On 22.9.14, the State Govt. Negotiated with the Company for hiring
helicopter for a period of one year w.e.f. 1.10.2014 as per the following terms and
conditions.
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Sl.No
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Particulars of Hire Charges
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Amount (INR)
|
|
1
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Fixed Monthly Charges
( FMC) which does not include any free flying hour
|
Rs. 52,00,000/- per month
|
|
2
|
Hourly Flying Charges ( HFC)
|
Rs. 51,820.00
|
|
3
|
Flying charges for
positioning & Return Ferry ( any
mobilisation and demobilisation )
|
Rs. 17,82,500/-
|
|
4
|
One station Crew and Engineer
accommodation, Fuel positioning
and transportation at out station, watch hour extension at Airports / Airstrips/Helipads will be borne by Govt.
|
As per Actual
|
|
5
|
Service Tax
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As per applicable
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Pradip
Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date-23.7.15
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