राष्ट्रपति सचिवालय द्वारा लखनऊ स्थिति एक्टिविस्ट डॉ नूतन ठाकुर को दी गयी सूचना के अनुसार राष्ट्रपति भवन के रखरखाव के लिए कुल 540 कर्मचारी नियुक्त हैं. नूतन ने राष्ट्रपति कार्यालय के घरेलू कामकाज में लगे लोगों की संख्या तथा उसमे आने वाले खर्च की जानकारी मांगी थी. दी गयी सूचना के अनुसार इनमे 2 चीफ कुक, 1 चीफ बेकर तथा 1 हेड हलुवाई सहित 28 रसोईया, 04 हेड बटलर सहित 32 बटलर तथा 10 मसालची शामिल हैं. 1 हेड धोबी सहित 19 धोबी के अलावा 1 टेनिस कोच तथा 2 स्क्वाश कोच भी राष्ट्रपति भवन में कार्यरत हैं. यहाँ 37 ड्राईवर, 184 माली तथा 57 सफाईकर्मी काम करते हैं. इसके अलावा 4 आर्टिस्ट, 13 म्यूजियम सहायक तथा 2 ट्रेक्टर ड्राईवर भी हैं. इन सभी कर्मियों पर अक्टूबर 2017 में कुल 1.34 करोड़ रूपये का खर्च आया था.
540 men with 184 gardener, 57 cleaner in Rashtrapati Bhawan… The information given by the Presidential Secretariat to Lucknow based activist Dr Nutan Takur states that a total of 540 personnel are appointed in the Rashtrapati Bhavan for household establishment. Nutan has sought information about the number of personnel in household work and expenses involved in it. The reply says that there are 28 cooks including 2 Chief Cooks, 1 Chief Baker and 1 Chief haluwai, 32 butlers including 4 Head butlers and 10 Silvermen (Masalchi). There are 19 washermen including 1 Chief laundry man, 1 Tennis coach and 2 Squash coaches in Rashtrapati Bhavan. There are 37 drivers, 184 gardeners and 57 cleaners. In addition, it has 4 artists, 13 Museum assistants and 2 Tractor drivers. The total expenses on these personnel for October 2017 was 1.34 crore rupees.
RTI Query-
Kindly provide the number of household staff allotted to the President House (Rashtrapati Bhawan) in each category like cooks, gardener, laundry men, washer, barber, electrician, carpenter, furniture maker, plumber etc. Kindly also provide the monthly expenses born on the pay of these household staff. It is requested to kindly only provide the numbers of these personnel and no further details, keeping in mind the security concerns of the President.
