Pension Hike News: There is good news for pensioners. If you are also waiting for the pension hike, then the state government has given a big gift.
Along with the central government, the state government also keeps on increasing the pension from time to time. Now the government has decided to increase the pension of the employees. The bill detailing the enhanced pension has been issued. Along with this, the state government has also decided to increase the travel allowance.
Pension increased from Rs 35,000 to Rs 58,300
Let us tell you that the Chhattisgarh government has passed an amendment bill in the assembly, in which it has been told that pension and travel allowance are being increased. According to the bill, the pension of former MLAs will be increased from Rs 35,000 to Rs 58,300.
will get additional pension
According to the Bill, former MLAs will also be entitled to an additional pension of Rs 1,000 per month for every one year after their first term of membership (over a period of five years).
The allowance was increased from 8 lakh to 10 lakh.
Along with this, information has been received in the bill that at present, this allowance is available for railway or air travel according to the existing Rs 500. 8 lakhs annually. And now it has been decided to increase it to 10 lakhs. At the same time, for former MLAs, this allowance has been increased from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakh annually.
Additional burden will come on the exchequer, let us tell you that former MLAs will get telephone allowance of Rs 10,000 and orderly allowance also Rs 15,000. After this decision taken by the state, the government will have to spend an additional Rs 16.96 crore.
How many members are there in the Legislative Assembly?
In July last year, the assembly passed a bill to increase the salaries of the chief minister, speaker, ministers and legislators, putting an annual burden of Rs 6.81 crore on the state exchequer. The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly has 90 members.
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