Exotic and Expensive Gifts received by Ministers and Govt Officials

In continuation of our existing post, Costliest Mobile Phones gifted to Ministers and Govt Officials as promised, here we are with another report on similar lines. This time we have shared the details of really Exotic and Expensive Gifts received by Ministers and Govt Officials since the beginning of 2014. The list is quite long and indeed really interesting, too! So keep reading.

Let’s know what all exotic and expensive gifts received by them?

Shri Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. Since then, he and his Ministers met so many dignitaries of in India and Abroad. And, as a protocol, they have exchanged so many Exotic and Expensive Gifts, particularly on their first state visit, this is what people call Modi Effect!

Not just Prime Minister or his Cabinet Colleagues have the privilege but many Senior Level Bureaucrats, Diplomats, and also Advisors who haven’t cleared the herculin UPSC Civil Services exam also got such precious and expensive Gifts. And, our analysis shows they receive much more in comparison to their LBSNAA and FSI trained colleagues!

So let’s reveal the expensive gifts of officials?

While revealing the expensive gifts of officials, well, the list contains almost everything under the Sun and over the Earth which can be gifted and received by any human. And, we must appreciate our PM Shri Narendra Modi who received so many valuable things but in return didn’t gift any precious thing as such & saved Indian Tax-payers’ money. Through the “Gift Diplomacy” of our PM NaMo always tried to bring our rich culture and hereditary in the limelight.

In our previous post, we have described what is the Toshakhana and what’re the options recipient can opt for. If you haven’t read it so far then please read it.

List of Exotic and Expensive Gifts valued more than ₹ 75,000 or US$ 4600 from

S.No	Details of the gifts (click to buy)	An image is only for illustration(click to buy) purpose.	Date of the receipt of gift in Toshakhana	Name and the title of the recipient	Assessed value in (Rs.)	The current disposition or location of the gifts
1.	One wrist watch(Franek Muller, Geneve)		21.02.2014	Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, UPA	6,00,000/-	Toshakhana
2.	One gift pack containing Gio Monaco Geneva wrist watches (ladies&gents), One set of earrings, one ring, one bracelet, one set of cuff buttons & one pen		30.04.2014	Shri A.K. Antony, Hon’ble Defence Minister	3,40,000/-	Option of the recipient pending
3.	One Breitling 1884, Blackbird wrist watch		13.05.2014	Shri Arup Raha, Chief of Air Staff, IAF	4,10,000/-	Toshakhana
4.	Gold and diamond made cufflink		19.02.2015	Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister	75,000/-	Toshakhana
5.	One Hublot wrist watch		01.04.2015	Ms. Sujata Mehta, Secretary (M&ER), MEA	3,25,000/-	Toshakhana
6.	One box containing jewelry set (one necklace and a pair of earring)		07.04.2015	Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister	35,00,000/-	Toshakhana
7.	(a) Lady watch (make Chanel) (b) Men sports watch (make Ebel)		07.04.2015	Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Hon’ble Minister for External Affairs & Overseas Indian Affairs	(a)3,50,000/- (b)2,50,000/-	Toshakhana
8.	One model of Hyundai Equus car		03.06.2015	Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister	No Commercial Value	Returned to the recipient
9.	Wrist Watch (Breitling)		26.08.2015	The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha PVSM AVSM VM ADC	1,00,000/-	Toshakhana
10.	A Rolex Watch (Oyster perpetual DATEJUS Model 116334)		15.01.2016	Shri P.S. Raghavan, Ambassador, Embassy of India, Moscow	1,50,000/-	Option of the recipient pending
11.	One Cartier wrist watch x 4A Rolex Oyster Perpetual”Date Just” Wrist Watch x 5		13-15.06.2016	*[Dr. S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary+Shri Mridul Kumar, JS(Gulf), MEA+Shri Deepak Mittal, Director (PMO) +Dr. TV Somanathan, Joint Secretary to The Prime Minister]#[Shri Sanjeev Singla, Private Secretary to The Prime Minister + Shri Vikas Swarup, JS(XP), MEA + Shri Amar Sinha, Secretary(ER), MEA ]	5,00,000 x 2 = 10,000,000/- 1,60,000 x 4 =2,40,000/-	*Option of the recipient pending [ORP]#Toshakhana
12.	A Cartier’s wristwatch X 2		28-30.06.2016	Shri Pratik Mathur, OSD(PR+Shri Abhishek Shukla, Dy. Chief of Protocol(c), MEA	4,00,000 x 2 = 8,00,00/-	Toshakhana + Option of the recipient pending
13.	One Cartier wrist watch X 2		07.11.2016 + 28.11.2016	Dr. Naveet Wig, PP to PM, AIIMS+Dr. Gautam Sharma, Alt. PP to PM	4,50,000 X 2 =9, 00,000/-	Option of the recipient pending

In our next post, we will disclose the list of Exotic and Expensive Gifts received by Ministers and Govt Officials received this year! Till then stay tuned and never ever forget to share this post with your friends and family members.

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