Lok Sabha clears MPs salary hike Bill
August 27th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the much talked Bill to hike salaries of the Members of Parliament (MPs) by over three times from Rs. 16,000 to ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha okays MPs’ three-fold salary hike
August 27th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A bill seeking a three-fold hike in MPs' salaries and doubling their allowances was cleared by the Lok Sabha Friday though some members sought changes in ... Read more...
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MPs’ salary hike bill in Lok Sabha
August 25th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A bill seeking a three-fold hike in MPs' salaries from Rs.16,000 to Rs.50,000 and doubling some of their allowances was introduced in the Lok Sabha Wednesday without ... Read more...
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MPs get Rs.10,000 more, but further salary hike rejected (Third Lead)
August 23rd, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Budging a little, the government Monday decided to further hike the non-taxable allowances of parliamentarians by Rs.10,000 a month, but rejected their demand for a 500-percent ... Read more...
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Cabinet bows to MPs’ demand, hikes allowances (Third lead)
August 23rd, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Bowing to persistent pressure from dissatisfied MPs, the union cabinet Monday decided to hike the allowances of parliamentarians by Rs.10,000 per month, but left their three-fold ... Read more...
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Cabinet hikes MPs’ perks, salary raise unaltered (Lead)
August 23rd, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The union cabinet Monday decided to further increase allowances of MPs by Rs.10,000 per month, comprising a hike of Rs.5,000 each in their constituency and office ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves extra salary hike for Members of Parliament
August 23rd, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Monday approved an extra salary hike of Rs 10,000 to Members of Parliament (MPs).This will comprise a hike of Rs.5,000 in Constituency ... Read more...
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Cabinet hikes MPs’ perks
August 23rd, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The union cabinet Monday further increased allowances of MPs by Rs.10,000 per month, comprising a hike of Rs.5,000 each in constituency and office expense allowances for ... Read more...
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Cabinet to reconsider MPs’ salary hike bill
August 23rd, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The union cabinet will meet here Monday to reconsider and bring amendments to the MPs' salary hike bill it had cleared last week. It was severely opposed ... Read more...
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Cabinet to discuss MPs salary enhancement
August 23rd, 2010 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): The Union Cabinet will meet today to consider another revision in the pay and perks of Members of Parliament (MPs).On Friday, the Cabinet had cleared a 300 ... Read more...
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Mukherjee meets Lalu, Mulayam to end deadlock over MPs salary hike
August 21st, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday met Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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How much an MP will now get
August 20th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New 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: ... Read more...
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Parliament adjourns following uproar over MPs’ ‘poor’ salary hike
August 20th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m on Friday after lawmakers from various parties stalled house proceedings seeking more money.Members of the Samajwadi Party (SP), ... Read more...
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MPs salary hiked, but they are unhappy (Lead)
August 20th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The cabinet Friday approved a 300 percent salary hike from Rs.16,000 to Rs.50,000 for MPs but this was not enough said members from various parties as ... Read more...
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Cabinet clears salary hike of MPs
August 20th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to hike MPs' salary from current Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000.The decision comes few days after the Union ... Read more...
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Public cold to MP salary hike proposal
August 18th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The proposal for a 300 percent salary hike for MPs is unsurprisingly unpopular among the public, who have seen their personal budgets shrinking as the inflation index ... Read more...
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Lalu to protest Cabinet deferment of MPs pay hike in Parliament
August 17th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has said that he would lead a protest in support of the hiking of salaries and additional benefits of Members ... Read more...
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Cabinet defers bill to hike salary of MPs (Lead)
August 16th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The cabinet Monday deferred a bill that sought to hike the salary of MPs from Rs.16,000 to Rs.50,000, official sources said.
The bill was scheduled to be tabled ... Read more...
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Cabinet defers decision on MPs’ salary revision
August 16th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Monday deferred its decision on a three-fold revision of salaries of Members of Parliament.The proposal, pending since May 2006, is to hike MPs' ... Read more...
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Cabinet to decide pay hike for MPs
August 16th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): The Union Cabinet will today take a final decision on approving a bill which raises Members of Parliament's salaries from Rs. 16,000 a month to Rs. 50,000 ... Read more...
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