India slashes expenses on US lobbying

The highest quarterly amount so far has been recorded in Q4 of 2009 when BGR was paid $200,000

The Indian government has slashed its expenses towards lobbying in the US with a total payment of $120,000 to its registered lobbyist firm in the second quarter of 2017 — the first cut in nearly seven years.

The disclosure has been made by BGR Government Affairs, which lobbied on behalf of India on issues relating to “bilateral US-India relations”.

According to the latest quarterly disclosure report filed with the US Senate, BGR has disclosed total income of $120,000 from India towards “all lobbying related income from the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on