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| Cabinet clears salary hike for MPs; |
| Cabinet clears salary hike for MPs; 300% raise sanctioned
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| INDIA
, 20-August-2010
5:34:32 AM |
| India's members of parliament have finally got what they wanted - a raise. Their salaries will climb from Rs. 16,000 a month to Rs. 50,000. (Forum:Will higher salaries for MPs help reduce corruption?)
Their daily allowance of Rs. 1000 when parliament is in session has been doubled. Their monthly constitution allowance has also doubled from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 40,000.
For their office expenses, they now get Rs. 40,000 - twice what they were entitled to so far.
More good news for them. Their conveyance allowance has gone from 1 lakh to 4 lakhs
Spouses are entitled to free train travel from their place of residence to Delhi. Spouses also get upto eight free plane tickets from their place of residence to Delhi.
Lalu Prasad Yadav had led the campaign for new salaries after the Cabinet indicated it wanted to defer a hike. Ministers who said the timing was not correct for higher salaries included Home Minister P Chidambaram and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni.
They believe that the recent hike in petrol prices as well as the bevy of corruption allegations for the Commonwealth Games make it tough to justify a raise at this point. However, MPs pointed out that they are among the lowest-paid public representatives in the world.
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