The basic salary of legislators will increase from current Rs 12,000 to Rs 50,000
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will soon be approaching the Centre for the proposed hike in the salary of its ministers and legislators. For the purpose, the Delhi Assembly formed a six-member committee on Friday, headed by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
A resolution moved by the Deputy CM to constitute the committee, was passed with a voice vote in the house. Members of the newly formed committee include AAP legislators Saurabh Bharadwaj, Sanjeev Jha and Praveen Kumar, and BJP MLAs Om Prakash Sharma and Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
While moving the resolution in the Assembly, Sisodia said the committee will meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh and request him to clear the bill.
In December 2015, the Assembly had passed a bill seeking a whopping 400 per cent hike in the basic salary of MLAs and ministers besides hefty increase in perks and allowances.
Meanwhile, AAP MLA Vishesh Ravi, who had raised the issue of salary hike, told the house that legislators face problems as they don't get enough salary. He was supported by BJP MLA Sharma, who said that the ruling government had support from the Opposition members on this particular issue.
As per a provision of the bill cleared by the Delhi Assembly in 2015, the basic salary of legislators will increase from current Rs 12,000 to Rs 50,000 and their overall monthly pay will be around Rs 2.1 lakh as against Rs 88,000 at present. The basic salary of the ministers, the speaker and the deputy speaker, the chief minister and the leader of Opposition will be around Rs 80,000 and their total emoluments nearly Rs 3.67 lakh as against Rs 1.2 lakh now. After the Assembly passed the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Government of NCT of Delhi (Salaries, Allowances, Pension) Amendment Bill, 2015, it was sent to the Centre for approval, where it is still pending.
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
- The basic salary of legislators will increase from current Rs 12,000 to Rs 50,000.
- Their overall monthly pay will be around Rs 2.1 lakh as against Rs 88,000 at present.
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