Legislators to take 30% pay cut for a year, State Assembly passes bill


Bengaluru, Sep 23 (IANS): In the wake of the resource crunch caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed a bill to cut the salaries of its legislators, including the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and ministers, by 30 per cent.

Most of the legislators from the ruling and Opposition parties gave their consent with an oblique resistance.

Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy proposed the Karnataka Salaries and Allowances of Members, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly (Amendment Bill), 2020 on Tuesday, the second day of the six-day Monsoon Session.


Vidhana Soudha (file photo)

According to the provisions of the bill, there will be a salary cut of 30 per cent of all the legislators for a period of one year starting April 1. The objective of the bill is to utilise the savings to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the state.

The amendment bill proposed a salary cut by 30 per cent of the state Assembly members, including the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, ministers, and the Leader of Opposition.

While extending his support for the bill, senior Congress leader H.K. Patil said that it could have been more comprehensive had the state government included high court judges, bureaucrats and other stakeholders too.

He quickly added that the Congress has been supporting the bill right from the start, but "we also suggest and recommend the state government to practice austerity measures in other quarters also".

"We suggest the government should curb their extravagant splurging of public money in celebrations and events," he said.

The six-day monsoon session of the Karanataka Assembly began on Monday. Due to the pandemic, the House has been allowed to function without any public spectators. Around 32 bills will be tabled in the House during the session.

 

 

  

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  • GURKA, Mangaluru

    Wed, Sep 23 2020

    Even if you not given the salary to them what difference is make ! They already rich and well do in life. They are the rules of this country once they voted by the IDIOT public and they start to amaze the money from left, right and center. even they are getting commission from people like SHEIKH FAISAL who is a PARTY ORGANIZER on international level platform who was a small time mechanic but our POLITICIANs promote him like overnight and in the clutches of CCB sleuths eating RAGI MUDDE and JOLA DA SARU

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Wed, Sep 23 2020

    Jolada saaru?
    Nepaladu thikkunda?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Wed, Sep 23 2020

    Why can't they work from home & take 30% Salary ...

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Wed, Sep 23 2020

    Ask your Maharashtra legislators to follow BJP government in karnataka. That is the least they can do.

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