South Indian, farmers, 8th pass: Here's what India's richest MLAs look like

Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) data show that MLAs from Karnataka are the richest in the country, while those from the eastern regions are the poorest

The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), a Delhi based think tank has come out with a report that indicates that the average income of India’s state legislators (Members of Legislative Assemblies or MLAs) is 17 times that of an average Indian in dollar terms. According to ADR, the average income of 3145 sitting MLAs across India analysed by it was Rs 2.5 million per annum. South Indian legislators were the richest in India with a per capita income of Rs 5.2 million – double the national average for all legislators. Among the South Indian states, MLAs from Karnataka were the