Rajasthan Assembly passes bill to reimburse ex-MLAs for medical expenses of dependent children

The Rajasthan Assembly passed an amendment bill Thursday that proposes to reimburse the expenditures incurred in medical treatment of dependent children of ex-MLAs and remove riders for family pension.

The House passed the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (Officers and Members Emoluments and Pension) (amendment) Bill, 2018 by voice vote.

The amendments in these sections will involve a recurring expenditure of about Rs 55 lakh per annum.

Proposing the bill, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore said sections of the previous Act provided reimbursement of expenditure on account of medical treatment of ex-members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. This facility is proposed to be extended to dependent children of such members.

In another provision, the rider of salary or pension from other sources, used to determine the family pension payable under this section to spouses of ex-members, was removed.