President Kovind says he pays tax amounting to ₹2.75 lakh per month

President Ram Nath Kovind addresses a Jan Sambodhan Samorah in presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, at Veerangana Jhalkari Bai Inter College, in Kanpur on Sunday. (ANI Photo)

1 min read . Updated: 29 Jun 2021, 06:26 AM IST Livemint

Kovind embarked on a journey to Kanpur on a special Presidential train from the Safdarjung railway station in Delhi on June 25.

President Ram Nath Kovind has said he pays tax amounting ₹2.75 lakh a month.

According to news reports, the president said this in Jhinjhak in Kanpur Dehat district on Friday.

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Kovind embarked on a journey to Kanpur on a special Presidential train from the Safdarjung railway station in Delhi on June 25.

The train made two stop-overs at Jhinjhak and Rura of Kanpur Dehat, where the president interacted with his old acquaintances from his school days and the early days of his social service.

Addressing a gathering, Kovind said, "If the president is the highest paid employee of the country, then he also pays taxes. I pay a tax of ₹2.75 lakh a month. But people only talk about my ₹5 lakh salary."

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