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Punjab MLAs unite, give themselves your money
WSN Network

CHANDIGARH: THis was one step that Punjab MLAs took unanimously. Last Thursday, they voted in one voice recommending for themselves a nearly 2.5-time hike in their own salary besides higher allowances.

Also, they gave themselves with the tax payer's money a laptop each and an entitlement of Rs 15,000 a month as constituency allowance, Rs 3,000 a month as sumptuary allowance, Rs 1,000 as daily allowance and Rs 5,000 a month as secretarial allowance. The amounts allowed for free travel was hiked Rs 1.25 lakh, house building advance Rs 40 lakh from earlier Rs 10 lakh and car loan Rs 10 lakh from earlier Rs 6 lakh.

While the finance department was opposed to the hike in view of the poor financial health of the state, Punjab MLAs, by comparison with some other states, argued that they were under-paid.

Now, Punjab MLAs can boast of one the best pay scales in the country next only to prosperous Gujarat. Add to this, allowances to cover travel, office and communication expenses, loans for housing and cars, and the final figure works out to be every taxpayer’s envy.

9 December 2009
 

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