{"id":236324,"date":"2020-09-26T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T06:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=236324"},"modified":"2021-07-30T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T04:09:07","slug":"presidential-assent-salary-allowances-and-pension-of-members-of-parliament-amendment-bill-2020-bill-to-cut-salaries-of-mps-by-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/26\/presidential-assent-salary-allowances-and-pension-of-members-of-parliament-amendment-bill-2020-bill-to-cut-salaries-of-mps-by-30\/","title":{"rendered":"[Presidential Assent] Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020: Bill to cut salaries of MPs by 30%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 received Presidential Assent on 24-09-2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Which Act will the said Bill amend?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Bill further to amend the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Which Section will be amended with the passing of this Bill?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amendment of Section 3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954, in section 3, after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the\u00a0<strong>salary payable to Members of Parliament under sub-section (1) shall be reduced by thirty per cent for a period of one year commencing from the 1st April, 2020, to meet the exigencies arising out of Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hence the said bill reduces the salary by 30% for a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Please read the Act here:<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/egazette.nic.in\/WriteReadData\/2020\/221990.pdf\">ACT<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ministry of Law and Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 received Presidential Assent on 24-09-2020. 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