Delhi government increases mobile phone allowance; makes it Rs 1.5 lakh for CM and Rs 1.25 lakh for ministers

A controversy has erupted in Delhi as the government increased the reimbursement budget for mobile phones for the Chief Minister and ministers, leading to a political clash between the ruling BJP and the opposition AAP. The revised memo sets the upper limit for mobile handset prices at Rs 1.5 lakh for the Chief Minister and Rs 1.