Salaries Of Mps

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has donated his monthly salary as an MP towards the relief and rehabilitation in his former Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad, which is limping back to normalcy after a series of landslides left over 400 people dead

MPs are given rent-free accommodations in prime areas during their 5-year term. Depending on seniority, they may receive bungalows, flats or hostel rooms.

Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Varun Gandhi today urged his fellow MPs to give a portion of their salaries to the families of those killed and injured in the Odisha train tragedy.

Around Rs 200 crore was spent on salaries, allowances and facilities for Rajya Sabha MPs over the last two years with around Rs 63 crore spent on their travel alone, according to an RTI reply.

AAP MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney announced he will donate his entire salary and that of his staff to support higher education of students coming from economically weaker sections in Punjab.

Cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh, who serves as a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, today announced that he will contribute his salary for the education and welfare of the daughters of farmers.

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.

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for not filing reply on a plea by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh who has challenged the Constitutional validity of the Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019, which gives power to the government to prescribe tenure, allowances and salary of information commissioners.

Parliament today passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per cent "to meet the exigencies arising out of COVID-19 pandemic".

Opposition parties, including the Congress, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday demanded restoration of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund, even as they supported the government's decision to cut salaries of MPs.

Lok Sabha has passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per cent "to meet the exigencies" arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyay urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday not to suspend the MPLAD funds scheme as it would impact development works at the grassroots level and demanded a financial moratorium for West Bengal to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the Group of Ministers had "an extensive discussion on the prevailing situation post the lockdown" in the country. They also appreciated the Cabinet's decision to cut MP's salary for a year.

Members of Parliament will now also have to forfeit a total of Rs 27,000 per month from their constituency allowance and office allowance, according to government orders.

Mary Kom donated Rs 1 lakh to the PM National Relief Fund to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has donated his monthly salary as an MP towards the relief and rehabilitation in his former Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad, which is limping back to normalcy after a series of landslides left over 400 people dead

MPs are given rent-free accommodations in prime areas during their 5-year term. Depending on seniority, they may receive bungalows, flats or hostel rooms.

Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Varun Gandhi today urged his fellow MPs to give a portion of their salaries to the families of those killed and injured in the Odisha train tragedy.

Around Rs 200 crore was spent on salaries, allowances and facilities for Rajya Sabha MPs over the last two years with around Rs 63 crore spent on their travel alone, according to an RTI reply.

AAP MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney announced he will donate his entire salary and that of his staff to support higher education of students coming from economically weaker sections in Punjab.

Cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh, who serves as a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, today announced that he will contribute his salary for the education and welfare of the daughters of farmers.

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.

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for not filing reply on a plea by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh who has challenged the Constitutional validity of the Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019, which gives power to the government to prescribe tenure, allowances and salary of information commissioners.

Parliament today passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per cent "to meet the exigencies arising out of COVID-19 pandemic".

Opposition parties, including the Congress, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday demanded restoration of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund, even as they supported the government's decision to cut salaries of MPs.

Lok Sabha has passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per cent "to meet the exigencies" arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyay urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday not to suspend the MPLAD funds scheme as it would impact development works at the grassroots level and demanded a financial moratorium for West Bengal to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the Group of Ministers had "an extensive discussion on the prevailing situation post the lockdown" in the country. They also appreciated the Cabinet's decision to cut MP's salary for a year.

Members of Parliament will now also have to forfeit a total of Rs 27,000 per month from their constituency allowance and office allowance, according to government orders.

Mary Kom donated Rs 1 lakh to the PM National Relief Fund to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.