CP Radhakrishnan elected new Vice President of India
The country has got a new Vice President, CP Radhakrishnan. In the election held on 9 September, he defeated India alliance candidate Sudarshan Reddy by a margin of 152 votes. But do you know that the Vice President, the second largest constitutional post of the country, usually does not get any regular salary? It may seem a bit strange to hear, but actually it happens because the Vice President’s salary is directly related to the post of executive president of his Rajya Sabha.
The Vice President is not paid separate salary like the Prime Minister of the country. The salary he receives as the President of Rajya Sabha is about Rs 4 lakh per month. This salary has been determined under the Act Salary and Allowance of Officers of Parliament Act, 1953. There is no special salary provision for the post of Vice President, so he depends on the salary of his executive president.
Vice President gets these facilities
Despite not having salary, many special facilities are given to the Vice President. They get a luxurious government house for free, which is located in the Lutyens Zone of Delhi. They do not pay the rent or maintenance of this housing themselves.
Apart from this, the Vice President also gets daily allowance, travel allowance, better medical facility, and many other allowances. In terms of security, they get the highest level of security, in which SPG (Special Protection Group) and Z+ Security covers include. Their staff is also quite large, which consists of private secretaries, officers, and security personnel.
He has an independent Vice President’s office, in which all administrative facilities are available. The government fully bears the expenses of traveling to the country and abroad. He is also given high -level honors and protocols on foreign trips.
Get thick Pension
Even after leaving the post, the former Vice President is given many facilities by the government. These include a lifetime pension, which is 50 percent of their current salary. Apart from this, he also gets the services of Type-8 bungalow, personal secretary, assistant, security, doctor and other staff. At the same time, after the death of the former Vice President, his wife is provided type-7 bungalow and some other facilities.