MP Assembly session ends; salaries of ministers, MLAs go up

Madhya Pradesh Assembly was today adjourned sine-die after the house passed salary and emoluments bill which effects a substantial hike in the salaries of MLAs and passed the budget for financial year 2016-17.
The bill for enhancing the salaries and allowances of Assembly Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Leader of Opposition (Amendment) was piloted by Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Narottam Mishra.
Mishra also piloted the (amendment) bill for enhancing salary and allowances of sitting members and also the pension for former members, while Minister of State for General Administration Department, Lal Singh Arya, presented the bill for raising the same for the Ministers.

All three bills were passed unanimously without discussion.
Earlier, the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan gave nod for the rise in the salary and perks of members after a gap of six years.
With this, the salaries and allowances of MLAs will go up to 1.10 lakh from Rs 71,000 per month. Chief Minister's and the Speaker's pay packet will rise to 2 lakh from 1.43 lakh and to Rs 1.85 lakh from Rs 1.20 lakh, respectively.
Ministers' pay will rise to 1.70 lakh from Rs 1.20 lakh, and that of ministers of state to 1.50 lakh from 1.03 lakh, an Assembly official said.

The Speaker Dr Sitasharan Sharma informed that during the 39-day-long session, the house functioned for 124 hours and the discussion on budgetary demands lasted for 61.5 hours which was longest in the last 16 years.