The Jharkhand government today took a decision to hike the salary of Ministers and legislators.
The State Cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Raghubar Das was held in Chaibasa today.
Among the 22 decisions taken at the meeting, it has been approved to hike the salaries of the legislators and Cabinet Ministers, said S K Satpathy, Principal Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat and Coordination Department.
After the hike, the Chief Minister will now draw a salary of Rs 24.60 lakh per annum against Rs 17.22 lakh while Cabinet Ministers will get Rs 21.60 lakh per annum against Rs 15.30 lakh.
The MLAs will now get a salary of Rs 21.64 lakh per annum against Rs 11.62 lakh earlier, said Satpathy.
The Opposition Leader and Chief Whip will draw Rs 1.75 lakh per month against Rs 89,000 and Rs 1,57,500 against existing Rs 89,500 per month, respectively.
The Speaker will now get Rs 1.75 lakh per month against Rs 1,04,500 and the deputy speaker will get Rs 1.56 lakh against Rs 82,500, he said.
The family members of a polling personnel will get a compensation of Rs 10 lakh in case of death during panchayat/municipal poll while a compensation of Rs 20 lakh will be given if a personnel is killed in Naxal-related incidents, said Satpathy.
