 "New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019 | (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)")
MPs will take a 30 per cent salary cut for a year and forego for two years funds they get to spend on their constituencies to help India fight the coronavirus pandemic, the union cabinet decided on Monday after a virtual meeting.
“Charity begins at home—this is a landmark decision,” Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told journalists after the Cabinet meeting.
MPs' salaries, including the Prime Minister's, will be cut for this year and funds from the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) for 2020-21 and 2021-22 will be transferred to the Consolidated Fund of India. The government will
