new delhi the government has earmarked rs 27005 crore for the tour expenses of union ministers in the general budget 201314 which is slightly more than the last fiscals allocation of rs 26994 crore the budget 201314 also hiked the allocation for the prime ministers office to rs 3222 crore from the last years rs 3172 crore the provision of rs 27005 crore under the head tour expenses is for expenditure on travel by cabinet ministers ministers of state and exprime ministers this also includes provision for maintenance of aircraft used for vvips travel in 201213 rs 26994 crore was allocated for the tour expenses of union ministers interestingly the budgetary allocation for tour expenses of union ministers was drastically reduced in the last two budgets in comparison to the previous years apparently due to tough fiscal situation rs 67853 crore was spent under tour expenses of union ministers in 201112 fund worth rs 580 crore has been earmarked for salaries of cabinet ministers and ministers of state for the new fiscal in comparison to rs 529 crore in 201213 the budget also earmarked rs 11 crore for sumptuary and other allowances which includes provision for sumptuary and other allowances of cabinet ministers and ministers of state there was a cut in the budgetary allocation to the cabinet secretariat from rs 5176 crore in 201213 to rs 5040 crore in 201314 the special protection group which protects vvips like prime minister manmohan singh congress president sonia gandhi congress vicepresident rahul gandhi and former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee also saw its allocation drop from rs 40113 crore in 201213 to rs 38627 crore in the new fiscal