MPs want salary at par with Secretaries to Govt of India
MPs want salary at
par with Secretaries to Govt of India – Last Pay Revision of MPs made in
2008 – Members of Parliament submit memorandum to Joint Committee
The Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members
of Parliament, meeting here on Wednesday, will consider a memorandum
signed by 40 MPs cutting across party lines seeking an enhancement of
all emoluments. The MPs want their salaries to be at least on a par with
that of Secretaries to the Government of India.
The last pay hike for MPs was in 2008. That year, the memorandum
says, the salary of MPs was fixed at Rs. 1,10,000 (Rs. 50,000 as pay,
Rs. 45,000 as constituency allowance and Rs. 15,000 as office
allowance), at a time when a Secretary received a salary of Rs. 80,000.
Now, thanks to inflation, the dearness allowance (DA) of a Secretary has
climbed to Rs. 90,000, meaning that the salary plus DA is now Rs.
1,70,000.
The MPs, pointing out that the only salaries paid by the government
that do not have a DA component are those paid to MPs, have therefore
made two requests: one, that their salaries be re-fixed keeping in mind
the present price index; and two, that a provision be made for DA. The
MPs have also sought an enhancement of the allowances for those on their
staff, with the inclusion of a DA component. They have requested that
each MP be assigned three PAs, one in Delhi and two in the constituency.
Source:
The Hindu
