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A proposal of the Arvind Kejriwal government to increase the salary and allowances of the MLAs in Delhi by 66 per cent has been approved by the President of India...
Now, the chief minister, the Assembly Speaker, and the Opposition leader will get Rs 1.70 lakh per month including salary and allowances..
The Kejriwal government had requested the MHA that the salary and allowances of Delhis MLAs should be at par with those in other states..
BJP and Congress-ruled states are paying 1.5 to 2 times higher salaries and allowances, the AAP government had said.. Many states provide other perks to their MLAs like house rent, office rent and staff expenses, allowance for buying office equipment, vehicles, and driver allowance..
As per the Delhi government, the salary and allowances paid to MLAs in some of the states were as follows:..
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