House passes bill to raise salary of legislators by 30%
The increased salary will be effective from April 1, 2025, finance minister Suresh Khanna told TOI and added that the much-awaited demand to link the salary with cost inflation index has also been heeded to.
From now on, the salary of the legislators would be revised as per cost inflation index every five years, Khanna said and added that only a notification would be issued when the revision is effected.
As per the bill, legislators' basic salary has been increased from the existing Rs 25,000 to Rs 35,000 while ministers' salary has been increased from existing Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000. The area allowance given to legislators has also been increased from the existing Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000, the bill stated.
The railway coupon has been increased from Rs 4.25 lakh per year to Rs 5 lakh per year. The increased Rs 5 lakh railway coupon will be 100% convertible. Earlier, of the Rs 4.25 lakh railway coupon, only Rs 3 lakh worth coupons were convertible to other means of transport like vehicle and flight while Rs 1.25 lakh coupon had to be mandatorily used as railway conveyance.
The UP government has also increased legislators' personal assistance allowance from existing Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 while medical allowance has also been increased from Rs 30,000 to Rs 45,000.
The daily allowance to legislators has also been increased from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 while the House sitting allowance has been increased from existing Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500, Khanna said while tabling the bill.
Telephone allowance has also been increased from existing Rs 6,000 to Rs 9,000, Khanna said.
Allowance and pension for the ex-MLA has also been increased from Rs 1 lakh to 1.5 lakh, including Railway coupons. Similarly, family pension has also been increased from Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000, Khanna said and added in the case of death of the MLA and his or her spouse, children will get the family pension evenly distributed among the number of siblings.
However, if the spouse of the MLA is alive, the family pension will go to the spouse.
Since the increased salary will be effective from April 1, 2025, the arrears will be given to the legislators when the next salary would be given.
The increased salary of the legislators will give an additional burden of over Rs 100 crore annually.
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