Lok Sabha passes bill to reduce MPs salaries by 30% for a year
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Lok Sabha passes bill to reduce MPs salaries by 30% for a year

The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 seeks to replace the Salary, Allowances And Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.

   
Parliament's monsoon session begins on 14 September 2020 | LSTV/PTI Photo

Parliament's monsoon session begins on 14 September 2020 | LSTV/PTI Photo

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per cent “to meet the exigencies arising out of COVID-19 pandemic”.

The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in the Lower House on Monday.

It will replace the Salary, Allowances And Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.

The ordinance was cleared by the Cabinet on April 6 and promulgated the next day.


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