Bhubaneswar, Dec. 9 -- The Odisha Government has approved a substantial hike in the salaries of MLAs, Ministers, the Speaker, and pensions for former legislators after the Assembly passed a revised remuneration bill on Tuesday.

With the new bill, the salary and pension for both sitting and former MLAs have been increased to Rs 90,000.

Speaker's salary more than doubles; Allowances significantly increased With the new provisions, the Speaker's monthly salary rises to Rs 98,000 from the earlier Rs 40,500, while the sitting allowance increases to Rs 2,000 from Rs 800.

According to official sources, the car allowance for the Speaker jumps to Rs 89,000 from Rs 17,000, and the sumptuary allowance increases to Rs 1.81 lakh from Rs 40,000 per ...