UP ministers, legislators gethefty hike in salaries, perks
LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- UP ministers and legislators were given a handsome hike in their salaries and perks with the legislative assembly unanimously adopting the Uttar Pradesh State Legislature Members and Ministers Amenities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2025 before being adjourned sine die on Thursday.
There was also a hike in the pension and family pension of members of both houses of the state legislature.
Minister for parliamentary affairs, Suresh Khanna, moved the bill to amend the UP State Legislature (Members' Emoluments and Pension) Act, 1980, and the Uttar Pradesh Ministers (Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981, saying salaries and perks had been hiked after nearly nine years with the last hike in 2016 due to rising inflation.
With the increase in salaries, allowances and other heads, the average takeaway for the legislators will be up by Rs 65,000 per month - from Rs 2.01 lakh per month to Rs 2.66 lakh per month. For ministers, the amount will be up from Rs 2.11 lakh to Rs 2.76 lakh, said Khanna. He said the average hike in salaries and perks was only 30% while the Central and state governments have increased the DA by about 55%.
Other items of increase in the monthly takeaway for the legislators include the constituency allowance which has been increased from Rs 50,000 per month to Rs 75,000 per month, secretarial allowance goes up from Rs 20,000 per month to Rs 30,000 per month and the medical allowance has been increased from Rs 30,000 per month to Rs 45,000 per month.
The daily allowance was increased from Rs 2000 per day to Rs 2500 per day on days of meetings of both houses of legislature and committees while daily allowance for public service on other days will go up from Rs 1500 per day to Rs 2000. The telephone allowance will go up from Rs 6000 per month to Rs 9000 per month. The entitlement of railway coupons for legislators has been increased from Rs 4.25 lakh per annum to Rs 5 lakh per annum.
There will be an increase in the pension for former legislators. Monthly amount will go up from Rs 25,000 per month to Rs 35,000 on completion of first term (irrespective of completion of five years). On completion of every year, after the first term, an amount of Rs 2000 per year will be added for every year completed after the first term. The family pension (for spouse or minor child or unmarried girl child) was increased from Rs 25,000 per month to Rs 30,000 per month. The entitlement of railway coupons for former legislators was increased from Rs 1 lakh per annum to Rs 1.50 lakh per annum. The state govt will now incur a burden of Rs 105.23 crore on revised salaries and allowances. Earlier, the state government had effected a 30% cut in salaries of legislators for one year w.e.f April 1, 2020, following the Covid-19 pandemic and the amount was transferred to the Covid Care Fund....
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