{"id":245835,"date":"2021-03-19T18:02:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T12:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=245835"},"modified":"2021-03-20T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T11:06:39","slug":"mp-salary-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/03\/19\/mp-salary-fact-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Will the salaries of MPs increase from April 1, 2021?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The image of a hindi newspaper clipping with the headline \u2018\u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e \u092c\u095d\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0902\u095b\u0942\u0930\u0940\u2019 (Increase in salaries of MPs approved) has been doing the rounds on social media recently. The article states in hindi that the hike in salary will be twice the current amount and will be effective from April 1. Facebook users have uploaded the image of the news clipping on their facebook wall and in groups and several people have commented on the same expressing anger over hike of salaries of members of parliament when the country is going through a pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0An image of the viral post can be seen below and it\u2019s link can be accessed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1078731865973728&amp;set=gm.3339949006105242\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-245832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d55ed5ba1a02ee2eb840fe1ab34a6019c19fe7ab-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d55ed5ba1a02ee2eb840fe1ab34a6019c19fe7ab-1.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d55ed5ba1a02ee2eb840fe1ab34a6019c19fe7ab-1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d55ed5ba1a02ee2eb840fe1ab34a6019c19fe7ab-1-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d55ed5ba1a02ee2eb840fe1ab34a6019c19fe7ab-1-60x37.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us check about the veracity of the claims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0When we look at the image of the news image, we can see that no date of publication is visible on it. So it does create a doubt in our mind that this news clipping could be of an old news article which by chance is being circulated in 2021 and is wrongly making netizens believe that it is a current news item.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Next, we check the legal basis of the changes in salaries mentioned in the news piece.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Article 106 of the Constitution of India empowers MPs to determine their salaries by enacting laws. The text of Article 106 can be seen below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salaries and allowances of members Members of either House of Parliament shall be entitled to receive such salaries and allowances as may from time to time be determined by Parliament by law and, until provision in that in that respect is so made, allowances at such rates and upon such conditions as were immediately before the commencement of this Constitution applicable in the case of members of the Constituent Assembly of the Dominion of India Legislative Procedure.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Till the year 2018, members of parliament were periodically passing laws to revise salaries as authorised under Article 106. However, this came to debate because of the conflict of interest which arose because MPs were determining their own salaries. Therefore, a mechanism was suggested to set salaries which did not involve MPs and parliamentary committees. As a solution , through the Finance Act, 2018, the parliament amended the law which provided that the salary, daily allowance, and pension of MPs will be increased every five years, on the basis of the cost inflation index provided under the Income-tax Act, 1961 to decrease this conflict of interest and ensure regular revisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amendments to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salary, Allowances, and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (http:\/\/egazette.nic.in\/writereaddata\/2018\/184302.pdf) which came into effect in April, 2018 can be seen below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"141\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Part shall come into force from the 1st day of April, 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (hereafter referred to as the principal Act in this Part), section 3 shall be numbered as sub-section (1) thereof,\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(i) in sub-section (1) as so renumbered, for the words \u201cfifty thousand rupees\u201d, the words \u201cone lakh rupees\u201d shall be substituted; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(ii) after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:\u2014 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c(2) The salary and daily allowance of members shall be increased after every five years commencing from 1st April, 2023 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we look at the content of the news clipping, it\u00a0 goes back to the news of 2018 when the basic salary of MPs has been revised from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,00,000 per month as has been mentioned above. The amendment also stated that from this day onwards salaries and daily allowances will be increased every five years based on cost inflation index commencing from 1st April, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last change in MP salaries happened through <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2020 (http:\/\/egazette.nic.in\/WriteReadData\/2020\/221990.pdf)\u00a0<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which in fact had decreased the allowances of the MPs by 30%. This took place in the year 2020 and the change in salaries came into effect in April, 2020. The amendments to reduce salaries and allowances of MPs and Ministers was done to supplement the central government\u2019s resources to fight the corona pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Therefore, we can safely say that the news clipping is not of year 2021. Salaries of MPs were last hiked in 2018 and will next be hiked in 2023 as per the amended law. The only change in salaries of MPs was infact a decrease which took place in 2020 owing to the corona pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image of a hindi newspaper clipping with the headline \u2018\u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e \u092c\u095d\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0902\u095b\u0942\u0930\u0940\u2019 (Increase in salaries of MPs approved) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67245,"featured_media":243075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40351,2],"tags":[40447,45497],"class_list":["post-245835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-factcheck","category-news","tag-fact-check","tag-mp-salary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fact Check: Will the salaries of MPs increase from April 1, 2021? 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