Millionaire MLAs are raising pension of lakhs in Rajasthan: Not a single MLA is ready to give up pension, Gujarat does not give even 1 rupee

JaipurOne hour agoAuthor: Sameer Sharma

Do you know that if an MLA or MP remains in the chair for even a day, then he gets pension for life. Not only this, the number of times he becomes an MLA or an MP, the same number of times the pension gets added. This is the situation when the number of crorepati MLAs in Rajasthan is increasing every time.

Millionaire-billionaire former MLA, who took salary and allowances of lakhs of rupees while being MLA-Minister, is still taking pension of lakhs of rupees. MLAs like Sumitra Singh, Sunderlal Kaka and Kamla Beniwal are getting pension of more than Rs 1 lakh. At present, 158 out of 200 MLAs in Rajasthan are crorepatis. When he retires, he will continue to get pension for the rest of his life.

483 former MLAs are taking pension of 37 crores every year
Bhaskar understood and analyzed the complete mathematics of pension received by former MLAs-Ministers in Rajasthan and other states. When we obtained records from the officials of the Finance Department and the Vidhan Sabha, shocking facts came to the fore. At present 483 former MLAs are getting pension in Rajasthan. The Rajasthan government is spending Rs 37 crore every year on their pension.

Read the complete math of pension to MLAs in Rajasthan and know how Rajasthan government can save Rs 17 to 37 crores every year by taking lessons from two neighboring states.

If you follow the Punjab formula, you can save 17 crores
Punjab government recently One MLA, One Pension has announced. This means, even if you become an MLA 10 times, you will get the same pension as once. In this way, on the pension of 483 MLAs of Rajasthan, only Rs 20 crore for a year will be spent at the rate of Rs 35,000 per month. With this formula, the Rajasthan government can save Rs 17 crore every year.

37 crores will be saved every year if we follow the path of Gujarat
On one hand, in Rajasthan, honorable people are taking pension of lakhs, while in Gujarat there is no provision to give any kind of pension to former MLAs. This means that after the end of the MLA’s term, no expenditure is made on his pension from the government treasury. By implementing this formula of Gujarat, the entire state government can save Rs 37 crore every year.

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