The Union Cabinet on Monday approved an ordinance to reduce the salaries, allowances and pensions of Members of Parliament (MPs) by 30 per cent for one year and the amount will be utilised in the fight against coronavirus.
The President, Vice President, governors of states have also voluntarily decided to take a pay cut as a social responsibility, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said.
Briefing reporters, the minister said the cabinet approved an ordinance amending the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 reducing allowances and pension by 30 per cent from April 1, 2020, for one year.
The money will go to Consolidated Fund of India, he added.
The Cabinet also approved temporary suspension of MPLAD (Member of Parliament Local Area Development) fund scheme during 2020-21 and 2021-22, and the funds will be used for managing health services and the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the country, he said.
_150_220.jpg)
'Proud Of You': Pakistan Air Traffic Controller Heaps Praise On Air India
Here Is List Of Celebrities, Corporates And Ministers Who Donated To Fight Coronavirus
Coronavirus Highlights: India's Positive Cases Mount To 3588, Death Toll Nears 100
'While Amethi MP Plays Antakshari...': Congress Takes Dig At Smriti Irani; She Hits Back
How Much Would You Pay For A Kidney?
Tablighi Jamaat, Venomous Macro-organisms And A Novel Virus Caught In Between
'High Time Centre Stops Flirting With J&K': National Conference On Article 370, Domicile Law
'I Hang My Head In Shame': Poet Rahat Indori On Attack On Health Workers In Indore