of West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose (CV Ananda Bose) has finally signed the bill presented in the Assembly to increase the salaries of state ministers and MLAs. He agreed to this bill before the beginning of the new financial year. As a result, the decision of increased salary will be effective from the month of April. On Saturday morning, it was posted from Raj Bhavan’s X (formerly Twitter) handle that the Governor has given his assent to both the bills.
On September 7, in the monsoon session of the Assembly, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced the increase in the salaries of all ministers, state ministers and MLAs. She also said that she is not increasing her salary. Mamta said, “The salaries of our state MLAs are the lowest in the country. Therefore, our government has decided to increase the salary of MLAs. Talking about her salary, Mamata said, ‘As a former MP, I get a pension of Rs 1 lakh. Apart from this, I get a salary as an MLA. But I don’t take it.
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Salary has been increased at three levels
The salary increase was done at three levels. The salary of MLAs was Rs 10,000 per month. It increased to Rs 50 thousand. State ministers used to get Rs 10,900 per month. From now on he will get Rs 50 thousand 900. Apart from this, the salary of former ministers in the state was Rs 11 thousand, this time they will get Rs 51 thousand as salary.
Allowances of MLAs also increased
As per the government’s salary structure, state MLAs till now received a total of Rs 81,000 for allowances and attending committee meetings. This time he will get a total of Rs 1 lakh 21 thousand. Leaders of opposition parties and state ministers and former ministers used to get a total of Rs 1 lakh 10 thousand for so many days. This time he will get around Rs 1.5 lakh. It is noteworthy that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that it was very necessary to increase the salaries of ministers and MLAs. The Chief Minister said in the Assembly session that she will not increase her salary.
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