COVID-19: K'taka Mins, legislators to take 30 per cent pay cut for a year

Bengaluru, Apr 9 () Ministers and Members ofLegislature in Karnataka will take a 30 per cent cut each intheir salaries and allowances to fund the fight againstcoronavirus in the state, for a year.

An ordinance to reduce the salaries of Ministers andlegislators by 30 per cent for one year to meet the exigenciesarising out of COVID-19 pandemic was approved by the statecabinet headed by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday.

"... we have cut by 30 per cent salaries and allowancesof all Ministers, MLAs, MLCs, also Speaker, Deputy Speaker,Chief Whip every one for one year from April 1, amounting toRs 15.36 crore," Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J CMadhuswamy said.

Speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting, he said,we have the consent from all the political parties for this,so we have passed the ordinance today.

The Union Cabinet on Monday had approved a 30 per centcut in salaries of all Members of Parliament and a two-yearsuspension of the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme. KSUROH ROH