After a sustained campaign fronted by Lalu and Mulayam Yadav, the government has decided to give Members of Parliament another raise. Last week, the government increased MPs' salaries from Rs. 16,000 to Rs. 50,000 a month . Their constituency and office allowances were doubled from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000. Now both those tax-free allowances have been raised to Rs. 25,000 a month. Most Opposition MPs had earlier united in the demand that their salaries go upto Rs. 80,001 a month- a rupee higher than what the Cabinet Secretary makes. MPs say that they are among the lowest-paid public representatives in the world. They get an allowance of Rs. 2000 a day when Parliament is in session.

Published Date : Tuesday, Aug 24, 02:49pm IST

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