Lawmaker Salaries

British lawmakers earned some 10 million pounds ($6.1 million) on top of their parliamentary salaries over the past year with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson accounting for nearly half the total amount, a report said.

Despite the Delhi Assembly passing a bill to hike the salaries and allowances of MLAs by over 66 per cent, the lawmakers of the national capital might still be among the lowest paid in the country.

The Delhi Assembly on Monday passed bills pertaining to over 66 per cent hike in salaries and allowances of its members who are among the lowest-paid lawmakers in the country.

Christophe De Beukelaer from Brussels, Belgium, has become the first European politicians to take convert his salary into Bitcoin tokens. In a Twitter thread, the pro-crypto lawmaker said that the sectors of centralised trade finance and cryptocurrencies must be able to work together.

Cutting across party lines, Gujarat legislators on Monday decided to donate a month of salaries to the families of the 40 Central Reserve Police Force troopers killed in the Pulwama terror attack.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the party MPs and MLAs to donate their one-month salary to the party fund to make the party financially strong.

As Madhya Pradesh prepares for assembly elections, an RTI has revealed that Rs 149 crore were paid from state treasuries in salaries and allowances to 231 outgoing legislators in last five years.

Awareness on online scams saved a Uttar Pradesh lawmaker from being cheated after he received a call from a man posing as an State Bank of India (SBI) employee. The man asked for the details of the leader's salary account with the bank, which he refused to provide.

BJP lawmaker Varun Gandhi has claimed that when he raised objections about increase in salaries of lawmakers, he got a call from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), asking "Why are you increasing our troubles?"

The Shiv Sena said today its MLAs and MPs will donate a month's salary for Kerala flood relief.

All elected representatives of the party would donate one month's salary towards relief efforts in the state, Congress said.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) head Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that all party ministers, MLAs and MPs will donate a month's salary for flood-hit Kerala.

A six-member committee of the Delhi Assembly led by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to seek an increase in the salary of Delhi legislators.

The Shiv Sena on Thursday said it is "not on the same page" with the BJP on the issue of the NDA lawmakers forgoing their salary for 23 days of the ongoing budget session during which the House did not function due to disruptions. The party also blamed the government for the disruptions in the parliament.

Lawmakers of the ruling NDA will give up their salaries and other allowances for the 23 days that parliament did not function in the second half of the Budget session, parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar announced on Wednesday as the government stares at a washed-out session.

British lawmakers earned some 10 million pounds ($6.1 million) on top of their parliamentary salaries over the past year with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson accounting for nearly half the total amount, a report said.

Despite the Delhi Assembly passing a bill to hike the salaries and allowances of MLAs by over 66 per cent, the lawmakers of the national capital might still be among the lowest paid in the country.

The Delhi Assembly on Monday passed bills pertaining to over 66 per cent hike in salaries and allowances of its members who are among the lowest-paid lawmakers in the country.

Christophe De Beukelaer from Brussels, Belgium, has become the first European politicians to take convert his salary into Bitcoin tokens. In a Twitter thread, the pro-crypto lawmaker said that the sectors of centralised trade finance and cryptocurrencies must be able to work together.

Cutting across party lines, Gujarat legislators on Monday decided to donate a month of salaries to the families of the 40 Central Reserve Police Force troopers killed in the Pulwama terror attack.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the party MPs and MLAs to donate their one-month salary to the party fund to make the party financially strong.

As Madhya Pradesh prepares for assembly elections, an RTI has revealed that Rs 149 crore were paid from state treasuries in salaries and allowances to 231 outgoing legislators in last five years.

Awareness on online scams saved a Uttar Pradesh lawmaker from being cheated after he received a call from a man posing as an State Bank of India (SBI) employee. The man asked for the details of the leader's salary account with the bank, which he refused to provide.

BJP lawmaker Varun Gandhi has claimed that when he raised objections about increase in salaries of lawmakers, he got a call from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), asking "Why are you increasing our troubles?"

The Shiv Sena said today its MLAs and MPs will donate a month's salary for Kerala flood relief.

All elected representatives of the party would donate one month's salary towards relief efforts in the state, Congress said.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) head Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that all party ministers, MLAs and MPs will donate a month's salary for flood-hit Kerala.

A six-member committee of the Delhi Assembly led by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to seek an increase in the salary of Delhi legislators.

The Shiv Sena on Thursday said it is "not on the same page" with the BJP on the issue of the NDA lawmakers forgoing their salary for 23 days of the ongoing budget session during which the House did not function due to disruptions. The party also blamed the government for the disruptions in the parliament.

Lawmakers of the ruling NDA will give up their salaries and other allowances for the 23 days that parliament did not function in the second half of the Budget session, parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar announced on Wednesday as the government stares at a washed-out session.