Karnataka Government Proposes 100% Pay Hike For Chief Minister, Ministers | Read

Karnataka lawmakers - from the Chief Minister down to MLAs - will vote on doubling their salaries, as well as those of top government officials like the Assembly Speaker and the Leader of the Opposition.

They will also vote, possibly tomorrow, on expansive increases to other facilities, ranging from a 50 per cent increase in pensions and air/rail travelling allowances.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara told reporters, "The justification is that their expenditures are also going up... the common man is suffering, and MLAs are also suffering."

"Recommendations have come from MLAs and others... and that is why decision has been taken by the Chief Minister. Everybody has to survive," he said.