Kolkata: In a significant announcement on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared a steep improve within the month-to-month salaries of MLAs, ministers of state and cupboard ministers by Rs 40,000 for every class. With this hike, the MLAs will get Rs 50,000 per thirty days as an alternative of Rs 10,000. The ministers of state will earn Rs 50,900 per thirty days, up from Rs 10,900. The cupboard ministers will obtain Rs 51,000 per thirty days, in comparison with Rs 11,000 earlier. Nonetheless, Banerjee mentioned she won’t take any wage herself as she has not been doing so for a very long time.
The month-to-month salaries of the ministers of the state have been elevated from Rs 10,900 to Rs 50,900. In case of cupboard ministers, the quantity has been elevated from Rs 11,000 to Rs 51,000. The opposite extra perks and allowances that cupboard ministers, ministers of state and legislators are entitled to along with month-to-month salaries will stay the identical.
This can ideally imply that with the precise month-to-month cost acquired by the legislators together with the salaries, allowances and perks will now improve to Rs 1.21 lakh from the present price of Rs 81,000 a month, defined an officer of the state authorities. Equally, the precise month-to-month cost acquired by ministers from now onwards can be elevated from Rs 1.10 lakh a month to round RS 1.50 lakh per thirty days.
Saying the improved pay on the state Meeting on Thursday after, the chief minister mentioned that the choice to hike the salaries had been taken in view of the truth that the salaries of the legislators in West Bengal had been a lot decrease in comparison with their counterparts in different Indian states.
Nonetheless, political observers really feel that these enhanced salaries for the minister and MLAs are sure to agitate additional the state authorities workers, who’ve been lengthy demanding enhanced dearness allowances to be made at par with Central authorities workers and the arrears accrued on it.
