On December 21 Lok Sabha informed that the Union Cabinet Ministers dues of their abroad visits via Air India got aggregated to 93 per cent of the the total bills i.e Rs 435 crores.

Responding to a question, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said during 2009-10 Cabinet Ministers incurred bills of Rs 61.10 crore on foreign travel while ministers of state spent Rs 3.78 crore.

In 2010-11, Cabinet Ministers spent Rs 37.17 crore while Ministers of state spent Rs 4.76 crore.

V Narayanasamy said, In 2011-12, foreign travel bill of Cabinet Ministers was a staggering Rs 460.78 crore till December 16, 2011 while for Ministers of State the figure was Rs 3.80 crore.

The Minister said the figure of Rs 460.78 crore "includes pending payments to Air India for previous years amounting to Rs 435 crore".

As V Narayanasamy mentioned that Ministry-wise expenses info is collected and would soon be tabled in the House, Even though instructions were assigned by cabinet Secretariat from time to time regarding foreign visits by the Ministers.