MPs bill to hike the salary passed in Lok Sabha

The bill which brought dramatic incidents in the Lok Sabha last week by the MPs, who were standing on their feet in the House to bring hike in their salary, got finally passed in Lok Sabha on Friday according to which the MPs salary overshoot by three times from Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000 and their two key allowances were doubled each to Rs 40,000.

After a two days commotion in Lok Sabha over the fuss of increasing the salary of the MPs by 500 percent to Rs 80,001, which was more than the highest paid bureaucrat in the country, the debate was finally settled on the ground of establishing an independent body to decide on the future of their pay.

After a thorough discussion among the 10 participating members the bill proposal regarding the raising of the daily allowances of members from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000 and the constituency and office expense allowances each from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 40,000 were finally shown the green signal.

As the House took up the bill for discussion, the Left parties protested, saying the MPs should not seek a salary hike at a time when people were facing burden due to inflation and spiralling prices of essential commodities.
The bill also had the proposal of enhancing the pension of the former member’s from Rs 8000 to Rs. 20000 with effect from the constitution of the present Lok Sabha on May 18 last year.

However, many MPs also bothered about the public reaction to this proposal and told that cynicism about the politicians is growing among the people and hence they should try to come with this issue with proper mechanism.

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