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Rashtrapati Bhawan asks for return of gifts taken by private family trust of Pratibha Patil

New delhi, Sep 25: The President's Secretariat has taken steps to recover return gifts received by former President Pratibha Patil in her official capacity as President of India, says RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal. A

The RTI activist says, with service-rules changed for government-employees, pension to all in the legislature right from MPs to the President should also be abolished and the facility of post-retirement bungalows for former dignitaries should also be withdrawn.