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Varun Gandhi questions MPs' right to hike own salaries
August 01, 2017 3:33 pm
"For the greater good of this nation, we must create an external body, independent of us members, to determine salaries. Or, if we self-regulate, considering the economic conditions of the last man in the society, we must empathetically forego our privileges, at least for the duration of this Parliament," he said.
Government moves to double MPs’ salary to Rs 2.8 lakh a month, hike pensions
December 25, 2015 9:34 am
The proposal, currently with the Finance Ministry, also suggests that basic pension should be raised from Rs 20,000 per month to Rs 35,000.
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