The salary hike had been called for by a section of lawmakers in July.
Delhi's lawmakers and ministers will see their salaries shoot up as much as four times after the Assembly today approved a pay hike that was proposed in October.
Once enacted after clearances from the Home Ministry and the President, Delhi's lawmakers will be the country's highest paid, drawing a salary of Rs. 3.2 lakh plus various allowances.
The basic salary of lawmakers, without allowances, will go up from Rs 12,000 per month to Rs 50,000, while ministers will get Rs 80,000 instead of Rs 20,000 earlier. Allowances too have equally been hiked and will be increased 10 per cent annually.
Making an emotional appeal, Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia stressed the need of the raise saying this will ensure a corruption-free environment among lawmakers.
The salary hike for mostly Aam Aadmi Party lawmakers and ministers had flared a controversy when it was first proposed. Since benefit members of his Aam Aadmi Party most, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal faced a backlash on social media.
AAP had swept the Delhi elections in February this year, winning 67 of 70 seats. Party leaders say the lawmakers don't earn enough to run their homes and offices.
"It was crucial to increase salaries to ensure a corruption-free government," AAP lawmaker Alka Lamba said.
The salary hike had been called for by a section of lawmakers in July.
The Committee on Salary on Allowances - which comprised lawmakers - had looked at various states and decided that the salary and allowances in Delhi were "highly inadequate to meet the basic minimum requirements of an honest and performing Legislator".
The Congress which was no lawmakers in the Assembly and the BJP which holds three seats had opposed the hike.
The last salary revision was in 2011, when the Congress government led by then Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit gave itself a 100 per cent hike.