Hiring of the Auditorium at the Embassy of India, Kuwait

              The Embassy has been making available its Auditorium for social, artistic and cultural events since January 2014 to various Indian Associations at a nominal charge.  The user charge is being revised as some of the services needed have been outsourced for better quality.  The revised change is as under:

Item	Cost without food being served	Cost with food being served
Basic charge for the Auditorium	KD150	KD200
Cost of cleaning (payable to Kuwait Swedish Cleaning Co.)	KD 75	KD 75
Cost of hiring two Local Security Guards (payable to G4S Security)	KD 48	KD 48
Honorarium to four local staff involved in events	KD 27	KD 27
Total	KD300	KD350

              The above cost structure is for one programme of 4-hour duration.  In addition, a refundable Security deposit of KD100 is required to be paid per programme.  In case the Auditorium is required for a longer duration than 4-hour, additional user charge is to be paid.

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