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Union ministers' salaries cut

July 08, 2004 16:17 IST

The Manmohan Singh government proposes to cut down the provisions for salaries and tour expenses of ministers by reducing the budgetary grants.

The budgetary provisions for the tour expenses, according to the Budget presented by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, have been put at Rs 46 crore (Rs 460 million) only which is Rs 42 crore (Rs 420 million) less than compared to the last fiscal when the figure stood at Rs 88 crore (Rs 880 million).

According to the budgetary provision for the ministry of home affairs, the salaries of Cabinet minister, minister of states and deputy ministers have been reduced to Rs 1.51 crore (Rs 15.1 million) from previous year's Rs 2.91 crore (Rs 29.1 million).

The sumptuary and other allowances have also been reduced marginally from Rs 2.73 crore (Rs 27.3 million) to Rs 2.55 crore (Rs 25.5 million).
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Sub: salary cut for ministers

Excellent; This is a step in the right direction; Keep it up PC, all the best. Manakkal J.Raman


Posted by Manakkal .J.Raman



Sub: Salaries Cut

Hope this glimmer of positive development continues as it is and gives a new light to the country


Posted by Prashant



Sub: WRONG Move

This is a wrong move. Ministers have a high position of responsibilty and should be compensated well. This will make them work well and stay ...


Posted by csharp



Sub: Union Ministers Salary cut

Hope the Govt of the day implements the salary cut,and all other unwanted expenses, which has been increased by the NDA government which was supported ...


Posted by JosephSJ



Sub: Salary Cut

This is the first positive step towards reducing expenses by the Manmohan Singh Government. Before advising people to economize, the Government itself recommends on its ...


Posted by DIVYESH RAYTHATHA


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