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Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament
Monthly Salary: Rs. 12,000/-
Expense for Constitution per month: Rs. 10,000/-
Office expenditure per month: Rs. 14,000/-
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km): Rs. 48,000/-
(eg. For a visit from South India to Delhi & return: 6000 km)
Daily DA TA during parliament meets: Rs. 500/day
Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times)
(All over India )
Charge for Business Class in flights: Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)
Rent for MP hostel at Delhi: Free.
Electricity costs at home: Free up to 50,000 units.
Local phone call charge: Free up to 1, 70,000 calls..
TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year: Rs.32, 00,000/-
[i.e. 2.66 lakh/month] TOTAL expense for 5 years: Rs. 1, 60, 00,000/-
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years:
Rs. 8,54,40,00,000/ -
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