Politics is not a SERVICE anymore but a PROFESSION.
An Important Issue!
Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament
# Monthly Salary: Rs. 12,000/- Expense for Constitution per month: Rs. 10,000/-Office expenditure per month: Rs. 14,000/- Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km): Rs. 48,000/-
(eg. For a visit from South India to Delhi & return: 6000 km)
# Daily DA TA during parliament meets: Rs. 500/day
# Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times) (All over India )
# Charge for Business Class in flights: Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)
# Rent for MP hostel at Delhi: Free.Electricity costs at home: Free up to 50,000 units.
# Local phone call charge: Free up to 1, 70,000 calls..
TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year: Rs.32, 00,000/-
[i.e. 2.66 lakh/month] TOTAL expense for 5 years: Rs. 1, 60, 00,000/-
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years: Rs. 8,54,40,00,000/-
(Nearly 855 crores) AND THE PRIME MINISTER IS ASKING THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED, OUT PERFORMING CEOs TO CUT DOWN THEIR SALARIES.....