Re: An end to unnecessary foriegn travelling
The idea that power means privilege needs to be broken.
If could be dictator for a day I would:
1) Give VIP residences like the presidential palace to medical charities together with funds to convert them to hospitals
2) VIP residences should be smaller, humbler abodes. Though set on large plots of land for security reasons to prevent bombers from getting up to the building.
3) Armoured cars for transportation would still be needed, but VIP planes should be eliminated. Leaders should travel on scheduled or chartered planes, or in a worst case scenario on air force troop and cargo transport aircraft.
The subcontinent's royal past leaves a bitter legacy in that even democratically elected leaders feels they can live as royalty.