Clearing CM Foreign Trips

• Delhi Chief Minister has questioned Centre on the delay to clear his trip to attend the World Cities Summit in Singapore.

To travel abroad the CM has to:

• Inform Cabinet Secretariat with prior political and FCRA clearances.
• Copy of application must be sent to Department of Economic Affairs.

Different officers need different additional clearances.

• CM, ministers of state governments and state officials: DEA.
• Union ministers: MEA (additional clearance from PM).
• Lok Sabha MPs: Speaker of lok sabha
• Rajya Sabha members: Chairperson (Vice President of India).
• Officers of various ministries up to Joint Secretary level: Concerned Ministry, after political clearance.

Do judges need clearance for foreign trips?

• SC or HC judge has to send proposal to Department of Justice (DoJ) after taking clearance from Chief Justice of India.
• Before approving, DoJ takes
• Political clearance from MEA
• FCRA Clearance from MHA
• Judges do not need clearance for personal foreign trips.