Delhi's AAP government spent nearly Rs 15 crore on advertisments in the print media during the 91-day period till May 11, according to an RTI reply. Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said that expenditure of print media stood at Rs 1.67 crore while an amount of Rs 3.72 crore was spent to advertise the road-rationing policy on electronic media. The Delhi government spent around Rs 5 crore in publicising the two rounds of the odd-even scheme, implemented for 15 days each in January and April respectively, the Lok Sabha was told recently. "As informed by the government of NCT of Delhi, the total expenditure on odd and even campaign so far is Rs 539.41 lakh (Rs 5.39 crore)," the Minister said in reply to a question. The AAP government came under attack from the opposition Congress today for its advertising campaigns.

Source: dna May 15, 2016 12:18 UTC