Salary Hike For Delhi Lawmakers

Five months after taking over as Chief Minister, E Palaniswami has doubled the salary of the Tamil Nadu's 234 legislators. The hike - under which the legislators will get more than Rs 1 lakh from the current Rs 55,000 -- comes amid a stark agrarian crisis in the state. Over the last six months at least 19 farmers have committed suicide, many of the...

Delhi Congress will hold a week long 'Jan Jagaran Abhiyan (awareness campaign) to "expose" the AAP government in Delhi over the issues of Janlokpal and salary hike for lawmakers and ministers.

A delegation of Delhi Congress today met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and discussed with him passage of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's Bill passed in Assembly clearing the way for "massive" hike in salaries and allowances of legislators and ministers.

Facing a backlash over the salary hike for Delhi lawmakers and ministers approved by the Assembly on Thursday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should get a pay hike too if he earned less.

Hitting out at the Delhi Government for its decision to give a 400 per cent pay hike to lawmakers, Swaraj Abhiyan today said the same people who claimed that they would live a like an "aam aadmi" and not take a bungalow or a big official car have given themselves the "highest" salary hike in the country.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today staged a walkout from the Delhi Assembly during voting on the bill for hiking salaries, allowances and pensions of lawmakers.

As a salary hike is proposed for Delhi lawmakers that will benefit members of his Aam Aadmi Party most, Arvind Kejriwal is being reminded of a tweet three years ago when he had taunted politicians

A large contingent of the Congress' youth wing has gathered outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence to protest against a move for a four-fold hike in the salary of Delhi's lawmakers.

A committee appointed by the Delhi assembly speaker has suggested a four-fold increase in the salaries of the lawmakers. If the recommendation is accepted, the basic salary of a legislator will go up from the present Rs 82,000 to Rs 3.2 lakh. It would also be the highest salary for a legislator in the country.

With disruptions dictating parliamentary agenda, the focus has been on what a lawmaker costs to the exchequer and the work done by them. The public outcry has included the right of Indian lawmakers to decide their pay and perks.

With a house divided on the quantum of salary hike for lawmakers, the Delhi assembly has unanimously decided that it is best left to an expert panel. The panel will be constituted by Speaker Ram Niwas Goyal, the government today said.

Five months after taking over as Chief Minister, E Palaniswami has doubled the salary of the Tamil Nadu's 234 legislators. The hike - under which the legislators will get more than Rs 1 lakh from the current Rs 55,000 -- comes amid a stark agrarian crisis in the state. Over the last six months at least 19 farmers have committed suicide, many of the...

Delhi Congress will hold a week long 'Jan Jagaran Abhiyan (awareness campaign) to "expose" the AAP government in Delhi over the issues of Janlokpal and salary hike for lawmakers and ministers.

A delegation of Delhi Congress today met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and discussed with him passage of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's Bill passed in Assembly clearing the way for "massive" hike in salaries and allowances of legislators and ministers.

Facing a backlash over the salary hike for Delhi lawmakers and ministers approved by the Assembly on Thursday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should get a pay hike too if he earned less.

Hitting out at the Delhi Government for its decision to give a 400 per cent pay hike to lawmakers, Swaraj Abhiyan today said the same people who claimed that they would live a like an "aam aadmi" and not take a bungalow or a big official car have given themselves the "highest" salary hike in the country.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today staged a walkout from the Delhi Assembly during voting on the bill for hiking salaries, allowances and pensions of lawmakers.

As a salary hike is proposed for Delhi lawmakers that will benefit members of his Aam Aadmi Party most, Arvind Kejriwal is being reminded of a tweet three years ago when he had taunted politicians

A large contingent of the Congress' youth wing has gathered outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence to protest against a move for a four-fold hike in the salary of Delhi's lawmakers.

A committee appointed by the Delhi assembly speaker has suggested a four-fold increase in the salaries of the lawmakers. If the recommendation is accepted, the basic salary of a legislator will go up from the present Rs 82,000 to Rs 3.2 lakh. It would also be the highest salary for a legislator in the country.

With disruptions dictating parliamentary agenda, the focus has been on what a lawmaker costs to the exchequer and the work done by them. The public outcry has included the right of Indian lawmakers to decide their pay and perks.

With a house divided on the quantum of salary hike for lawmakers, the Delhi assembly has unanimously decided that it is best left to an expert panel. The panel will be constituted by Speaker Ram Niwas Goyal, the government today said.