{
  "id": 8637846,
  "title": "Pune Civic Committees Spend ₹3.2 Lakh On Tea Without Tenders, RTI Reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/pune-civic-committees-spend-3-2-lakh-on-tea-without-tenders-rti",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T06:54:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-civic-committees-spend-32-lakh-on-tea-without-tenders-rti-reveals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) spent ₹3.2 lakh on tea and snacks served during subject committee meetings, but the expenses were approved without inviting tenders or following a formal quotation process, information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed. The highest spending was recorded for Standing Committee meetings, which accounted for ₹2.70 lakh of the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}