Hyderabad: The Telangana government has proposed a salary hike in the state Assembly. The bill proposing salary hike has been supported by all parties.
The Telangana Payment of Salaries and Pension and Removal of Disqualifications (Amendments) Bill 2016 introduced by Legislative Affairs Minister T Harish Rao, proposed to hike salaries of Chief Minister, Ministers and members of both Assembly and Council to almost over two fold.
If passed, the legislators' gross salary would go up to Rs 2.30 lakh per month from the present Rs 95,000 per month (including allowances), chief whip Koppula Eswar said.
This comes even as MLAs from Andhra Pradesh are also demanding a hike in salary.
The members amenities committee (MAC) headed by the Speaker recently recommended a whopping pay hikes to Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Council Chairman, MLAs and MLCs.
Looking at the salary of chief ministers in other states, West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee and Tripura's Manik Sarkar are the lowest paid chief ministers with a salary of Rs 8,000 and Rs 9200 per month respectively.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's monthly salary is Rs 20,000. While on the other hand Bihar's Nitish Kumar and Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal are the highest paid chief ministers earning Rs 99,500 and Rs 1 lakh per month.
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