Soon, honchos can hobnob with babus for a fat fee

NEW DELHI: Soon, corporate executives willing to pay high membership charges would be able to rub shoulders with country's senior bureaucrats in a club that was originally meant only for government employees. The club is located in New Motibagh residential complex , the high-end colony that houses almost all Union secretaries and senior bureaucrats.

Sources said that there would be a certain percentage of membership to be reserved for the corporate world. They added that the Union urban development (UD) ministry has prevailed upon a section of senior IAS officers who opposed such a move claiming that the club would turn into a venue for wheeling-dealing .

Spread over 2,000 sq m, the newly-built club has space for restaurant hall, gymnasium, bar room, billiards room, library, banquet hall and swimming pool. Government sources said that the ministry had raised the question of how the club can be managed efficiently with good facility unless there is enough flow of fund while pushing the need for getting corporate members on board. It is learnt that the UD ministry took this stand after the officers' association had written to Nirman Bhawan seeking funds to provide facilities in the club that has been lying idle for long.

"Managing a club is an expensive affair. There has to be source of funding and what's wrong if corporate membership is allowed. The aim is to ensure that the venture becomes sustainable. We have already issued a notification inviting interested private parties to bid for managing the club," a senior ministry official said.

In fact, the public notice says, "senior officers of government will be eligible for membership of club. Corporate members could also be considered in order to ensure financial viability." Asenior ministry official told TOI that they are giving tender documents to only those who have shown interest and approached the ministry . Earlier, the ministry had turned down proposal of the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC), a government body, to manage the club.

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