How much an MP will now get
August 20th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The following is the summary of monetary benefits MPs are entitled to as salary and other perks which were Friday proposed to be hiked manifold.
Each MP gets:
-Basic salary of Rs.16,000. The salary has been hiked by 300 percent as proposed by the cabinet.
-Daily allowance of Rs.1,000 for each day when parliament is in session or taking part in house committee meetings. This has been doubled.
-Constituency allowance of Rs.20,000 a month. This has been doubled.
-Office expense allowance of Rs.20,000 each month. Also doubled.
-Conveyance allowance of Rs.1 lakh, which has gone up to Rs.4 lakh now.
-Spouses of MPs get free train travel from their place of residence to Delhi. They also get up to eight free plane tickets from their place of residence to Delhi.
- Cabinet hikes MPs' perks, salary raise unaltered (Lead) - Aug 23, 2010
- Cabinet to reconsider MPs' salary hike bill - Aug 23, 2010
- MPs get Rs.10,000 more, but further salary hike rejected (Third Lead) - Aug 23, 2010
- Cabinet bows to MPs' demand, hikes allowances (Third lead) - Aug 23, 2010
- Government okays three-fold salary hike, MPs want more (Second Lead) - Aug 20, 2010
- Cabinet defers decision on MPs' salary revision - Aug 16, 2010
- Mukherjee meets Lalu, Mulayam to end deadlock over MPs salary hike - Aug 21, 2010
- Lalu to protest Cabinet deferment of MPs pay hike in Parliament - Aug 17, 2010
- Cabinet approves extra salary hike for Members of Parliament - Aug 23, 2010
- Cabinet clears salary hike of MPs - Aug 20, 2010
- Lok Sabha clears MPs salary hike Bill - Aug 27, 2010
- Cabinet to discuss MPs salary enhancement - Aug 23, 2010
- Cabinet to decide pay hike for MPs - Aug 16, 2010
- Cabinet defers bill to hike MPs' salaries - Aug 16, 2010
- Parliament adjourns following uproar over MPs' 'poor' salary hike - Aug 20, 2010
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