Rs 92 crore spent on Union ministers’ Delhi homes renovation in FY26: Report

The government spent Rs 92.3 crore on renovation, repair and furnishing of the official homes of Union ministers in Delhi’s Lutyens bungalow zone in 2025-’26, PTI quoted a Right to Information Act response as saying on Sunday. The annual spending was the highest since 2014.

The expenditure on the renovation of homes of Union ministers was Rs 27.4 crore in 2014-’15. Adjusted for inflation, this would be around Rs 46.6 crore in 2026.

The Lutyens bungalow zone, developed between 1912 and 1930 as part of the development of Delhi as the British capital, has homes of Union ministers, MPs and senior judges and top military officers. Some of the bungalows are 80 to 100 years old.

Between 2014-’15 and 2025-’26, the government spent Rs 547.6 crore on renovating the ministers’ homes through the Central Public Works Department, which is responsible for their maintenance, PTI reported.

The Central Public Works Department did not provide data on expenditure during the period on the residences of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs who are not ministers, or on the offices of Union ministers and ministers of state.

The Cockroach Janta Party political campaign criticised the expenditure, saying “Rs 92 crore = 10 new world class government schools”.

“Stop fixing your lavish homes, and fix the schools!,” it said on...

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