Preparations for the swearing-in have started at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Everyone’s eyes will be on the new government in Bihar. Preparations for the swearing in have started at Gandhi Maidan. The swearing-in ceremony may take place on November 20. There is talk that Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be a part of this program. Now Nitish Kumar will meet the Governor and submit his resignation to him and with this the way for the formation of a new government will be cleared. The new government will come into existence with the swearing in.
Like every time, along with the old MLAs, many new MLAs will also take oath. With taking the oath, they will also start getting many rights and facilities. Know, what facilities and rights do MLAs get?
How many rights are you eligible for as soon as you take the oath?
Whichever state the MLA belongs to, as soon as he takes oath, he becomes eligible for many rights and facilities. For example, he gets the right to receive salary and many types of allowances. The process of getting MLA residence or house rent allowance starts. Gets the right to travel for free and at concessional rates. In this, MLAs in most of the states can avail free/concessional travel in state transport bus. Concession is available in railway travel and TA/DA for air travel on official tour.
MLAs and their families get free/cashless treatment under the government medical scheme. Not only this, they can get personal assistant, office assistant and space or room in government office to work officially. There may be different rules regarding this in the state.
How much salary does an MLA get?
The figures for the year 2024 show that Telangana MLAs are at the forefront in getting the highest salaries. Telangana MLAs get Rs 2 lakh 50 thousand per month. At the same time, the salary of MLAs in Kerala, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh is above Rs 2 lakh. Apart from this, MLAs from Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh are among those who received Rs 1 to 1.5 lakh.
How much salary and allowances does the MLA of Bihar get?
If you look at the salaries of MLAs, you will find that their basic salary is very low, but they get many types of allowances. In this way, if both the items are added then the allowances go much further than the basic salary. Let us understand this from the example of Bihar.
For example, the total monthly basic salary of the MLAs of Bihar is only Rs 50 thousand, but with the addition of election allowance of Rs 55,000, daily meeting allowance of Rs 3,000, stationery allowance of Rs 15 thousand and monthly personal assistant allowance of Rs 40 thousand, it crosses the figure of Rs 1.5 lakh.
Facilities and Pension
Rs 4 lakh has been fixed annually for rail or air travel in Bihar. You can take a loan for a car up to Rs 25 lakh. At the same time, hospitality allowance of Rs 29 thousand per month is available. Apart from this, they are given police protection, government accommodation in Patna and exemption in electricity, water and telephone bills. MLAs and their families also get free or highly subsidized treatment in government hospitals. Former MLAs of Bihar get Rs 45 thousand per month.
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