The Jharkhand government decided on Thursday that it would pay Rs 2.06 crore for chartered plane services for a month, an official said.
The cabinet has approved the proposal of getting a “fixed winged jet chartered flight service” on a nomination basis for a month for “official movements of VIPs and VVIPs outside the state”, cabinet secretary Vandana Dadel said.
“The service period will be applicable from August 31,” she said.
The MLAs and ministers of the ruling UPA coalition in the state went to neighbouring Chhattisgarh on Tuesday to stave off the BJP’s possible poaching attempt during the ongoing political crisis in the state.