States »SoutPosted at: Mar 25 2021 3:15PM

Telangana Assembly adopts bill enhancing pension to ex-legislators

Hyderabad, Mar 25 (UNI) Telangana Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a bill seeking to enhance the pension to former legislators to Rs.50,000 per month from the present Rs.30,000 per month.
The upper limit for pension to former legislators and Council members and their spouses was increased to Rs.70,000 for the present Rs.50,000.
The annual medical bill to former legislators has also been increased to Rs 10 lakh from Rs.one lakh.
The house also adopted another bill enhancing the retirement age of government employees from the present 58 to 61 years.
Speaking during the discussion on the bills, Finance Minister T.Harish Rao said that 50,000 job vacancies would be filled up and a notification in this regard would be issued soon.
He said the enhancement of retirement age would not affect filling up of job vacancies.
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