<p>The Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday passed a Bill giving the chief minister, ministers, lawmakers and others a fat hike in their monthly salary, citing “considerable increase in the cost of living”.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Ministers Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill and the Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances (Amendment) Bill were passed without any discussion.</p>.<p>The Bill proposes a 60 per cent hike in monthly salaries to all lawmakers (MLAs and MLCs) from Rs 25,000 to Rs 40,000.</p>.<p>The chief minister will see his salary go from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. Ministers will get Rs 60,000 as against the existing Rs 40,000.</p>.<p>The Legislative Assembly Speaker and Legislative Council chairperson will also get a 50 per cent jump from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. The monthly salary of the Leaders of the Opposition goes up from Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000.</p>.<p>Sumptuary allowance for the chief minister, ministers, Speaker and the Council chairperson will go up from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh.</p>.<p>Piloting the Bills on behalf of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Law Minister J C Madhuswamy said salaries and allowances were last revised in 2015. “We know how diesel and petrol rates have gone up. Rents also have gone up,” he said.</p>.<p>Madhuswamy said the government took a leaf from the Centre’s book to introduce a clause in the Bills to automatically revise salaries once every five years based on the cost of living indices. “We won’t table such Bills going forward,” he said.</p>.<p>The hikes will result in a recurring, additional expenditure of approximately Rs 92.4 crore every year.</p>.<p><strong>Allowances</strong></p>.<p>House rent allowance for all ministers will go up from Rs 80,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh per month. They will also get a house maintenance allowance of Rs 30,000 per month. </p>.<p>Ministers’ fuel expenses will be paid by the government up to 2,000 litres, up from 1,000 litres. Their tour allowance per day has been hiked to Rs 2,500 per day.</p>.<p>All lawmakers will get Rs 60,000 every month as constituency travelling allowance. They will also get a pension of Rs 50,000 per month.</p>.<p>Every lawmaker will get Rs 2.5 lakh payable in two instalments - April and October - for “travelling either single or with a companion in one or more journeys by air or by any class or by any railway in India,” according to the Bill.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday passed a Bill giving the chief minister, ministers, lawmakers and others a fat hike in their monthly salary, citing “considerable increase in the cost of living”.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Ministers Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill and the Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances (Amendment) Bill were passed without any discussion.</p>.<p>The Bill proposes a 60 per cent hike in monthly salaries to all lawmakers (MLAs and MLCs) from Rs 25,000 to Rs 40,000.</p>.<p>The chief minister will see his salary go from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. Ministers will get Rs 60,000 as against the existing Rs 40,000.</p>.<p>The Legislative Assembly Speaker and Legislative Council chairperson will also get a 50 per cent jump from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. The monthly salary of the Leaders of the Opposition goes up from Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000.</p>.<p>Sumptuary allowance for the chief minister, ministers, Speaker and the Council chairperson will go up from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh.</p>.<p>Piloting the Bills on behalf of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Law Minister J C Madhuswamy said salaries and allowances were last revised in 2015. “We know how diesel and petrol rates have gone up. Rents also have gone up,” he said.</p>.<p>Madhuswamy said the government took a leaf from the Centre’s book to introduce a clause in the Bills to automatically revise salaries once every five years based on the cost of living indices. “We won’t table such Bills going forward,” he said.</p>.<p>The hikes will result in a recurring, additional expenditure of approximately Rs 92.4 crore every year.</p>.<p><strong>Allowances</strong></p>.<p>House rent allowance for all ministers will go up from Rs 80,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh per month. They will also get a house maintenance allowance of Rs 30,000 per month. </p>.<p>Ministers’ fuel expenses will be paid by the government up to 2,000 litres, up from 1,000 litres. Their tour allowance per day has been hiked to Rs 2,500 per day.</p>.<p>All lawmakers will get Rs 60,000 every month as constituency travelling allowance. They will also get a pension of Rs 50,000 per month.</p>.<p>Every lawmaker will get Rs 2.5 lakh payable in two instalments - April and October - for “travelling either single or with a companion in one or more journeys by air or by any class or by any railway in India,” according to the Bill.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
