The Delhi Assembly on Monday passed a bill to increase the salaries and allowances of Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of the Opposition, Chief Whip and Members of Delhi.
As soon as the two-day monsoon session began on Monday, Justice and Legislative Affairs Minister Kailash Gahlot introduced five amendment bills for 66 per cent hike in wages and allowances.
Participating in the debate, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who holds the Finance portfolio, said that the salary and allowances of Delhi MLAs are being increased from Rs 54,000 per month to Rs 90,000.
The revised pay and breakup of allowances includes basic pay of Rs 30,000, constituency allowance of Rs 25,000, secretarial allowance of Rs 15,000, telephone allowance of Rs 10,000 and conveyance allowance of Rs 10,000.
The AAP government has said on several occasions that the salaries of Delhi MLAs are the lowest as compared to their counterparts in other states.
However, contrary to the claim, the salary of the MLAs of the capital is ahead of the MLAs of many other states.
As per official figures, MLAs in Telangana are the highest paid MLAs in the country at Rs 2,50,000 per month. They are followed by their counterparts in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and a few other states.
On the other hand, Kerala MLAs get the lowest salary of Rs 43,750 per month, followed by Tripura MLAs at Rs 48,420 per month.
West Bengal MLAs get Rs 81,870 per month.
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