Himachal Assembly passes 3 Bills hiking salaries of CM, ministers, MLAs by nearly 24%

Similarly, a minister of state and deputy minister, who are getting monthly salaries of Rs 78,000 and Rs 75,000, respectively, will see it increase to Rs 93,000 and Rs 80,000, correspondingly. The salary of an elected MLA is proposed to increase from Rs 50,000 to Rs 70,000.

According to sources, the increase in the salaries and allowances of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker will cause an additional annual expenditure of Rs 35 lakh on the state exchequer, while that of the ministers will cause an additional annual burden of Rs 2 crore. The proposed salary hike for MLAs will cost the state exchequer Rs 20 crore to Rs 22 crore annually.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presented the three amended bills including the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Amendment Bill, 2025; Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker and Deputy Speaker’s Salaries (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Himachal Pradesh) Amendment Bill, 2025.

He said, “The salaries and allowances of the MLAs, ministers and Speaker and Deputy Speaker was increased after a gap of nine years. The last amendment was made in 2016.”

Meanwhile, the government withdrew the Rs 20,000 telephone allowance received by MLAs every month with immediate effect, besides withdrawing the subsidies on water and electricity bills.