West Bengal hikes MLAs salary by Rs 40,000 per month

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Updated At : 08:47 PM Sep 07, 2023 IST

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Kolkata, September 7

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced a hike of Rs 40,000 per month in salaries of MLAs of West Bengal.

Banerjee, who made the announcement in the house, said there will, however, be no revision in the salary of the chief minister as she has not been drawing any salary for a long time.

“The salary of MLAs of the West Bengal Assembly is very less compared to that of other states. So it has been decided that their salaries will be hiked by Rs 40,000 per month,” she said.

Banerjee, however, didn’t give a breakup of the actual salaries of the lawmakers after the hike, including all allowances and extra pay as members of the various standing committees.

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