New Delhi: In a big boost
for our MPs, nearly 800 members of Parliament may soon get a 100% raise in
their salaries, with their basic pay jumping from Rs. 50,000 to 1 lakh per
month.
All eyes are now on PM
Narendra Modi, who has to decide whether to give his nod to the new salaries
and allowances – recommendations for which were first made by a committee of
MPs.
A group of ministers has
also made similar recommendations to the central government, which have now
been submitted to the Union Cabinet.
If PM Modi gives his nod
to the proposal, it will be taken up by the Parliament and will have to be
cleared before the current session concludes on August 5.
After Parliament's nod,
the new salaries will be effective from April 1.
The monthly salary for an
MP will double to a lakh. Other 100% fillips: the constituency allowance,
meant to facilitate the lawmaker's travel and other expenses in covering his
constituency will shoot up to Rs. 90,000 a month, ditto for the salaries of
office staff of MPs.
An annual furniture
allowance for MPs' official homes will double to 1,50,000 a year and free
broadband worth Rs. 1,700 per month will be provided at parliamentarians'
official homes in their constituencies.
The monthly pensions for
former MPs will rise from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 35,000.
The basic compensation
for a lawmaker will climb from Rs. 1,90,000 per month to 2,80,000 (salary along
with constituency and office staff allowances).
Last time, the salaries of
lawmakers were revised six years ago.
Some lawmakers agree with
critics who feel lawmakers should not have the right to grant themselves
increments.
Source : Zee News
