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Writer's pictureVinay Elumalai

During the entire President's tenure, the country spends 500 crores on its first citizen

President's house, spread over 320 acres on the Raisina Hills in Delhi's heart

 there are 754 government employees appointed in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, including the President's 9 secretary level officers, 27 drivers, 64 cleaning workers, 8 telephone operators and others. According to that RTI, in May 2015, the President's office had spent Rs.15.25 million on the salary and allowances of all these employees. These were the expenses incurred only in one month on the salary of the officers and employees working in the President's office. According to an estimate in 2007, the government was spending Rs 100 crore annually on maintenance of Rashtrapati Bhavan

The additional President's Residential Office of Delhi is named after the Presidential Retreat in the Mashobra of Shimla, a hill station situated in the north of India. Apart from this, there is also the President's residence in the name of President Nilayam in Sikandarabad, which is located in Hyderabad in the south. According to tradition, the President goes to their respective houses every year at least once.

The Presidential Retreat, built on the Mashobra Hills of Himachal Pradesh's capital and Hill Station Shimla, was built in 1850 by the British governor-general Lord Dalhousie. These presidential houses, fully made of wood, spread over 300 acres. In it there are 16 rooms for the President's stay.

his magnificent building built at SindaraBad in 1860 was built by the then Hyderabad Nizam Najir Udayaula. Later this became the home of the British resident. A beautiful garden has also been built on the dargah hall, dining hall, as well as on the entry of Mughal Gardens at this luxurious Presidential Palace spread over 101 acres. Here, there is a whole army of government officials and employees for the maintenance and maintenance of the president's house.

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