Karnataka salus salary hike: Karnataka’s financial condition may be bad and the state government does not have funds to fulfill the promises made to the public, but the state government is going to increase the salary of ministers and MLAs. The Siddaramaiah government of Karnataka has proposed to double the salary of state ministers and MLAs. After the passage of this proposal, the salary of the MLAs of Karnataka Legislative Assembly will be directly Rs 2 lakh per month from one lakh rupees.
Not only this, it is proposed to increase the salary of assembly speaker and Chief Minister in this bill. Although Karnataka is not the only state who has increased such bumper in the salary of minister-MLAs in the country, there are many other states where the monthly salary of MLAs is more than two lakh rupees. Let us know that in which state of the country, the salary of MLAs is the highest.
MLAs of this state raise the most salary
According to the report of Indian Express, the salary of MLAs in Jharkhand is the highest in the whole country. Here MLAs get a salary of Rs 2.9 lakh every month. Apart from this, many types of allowances and other facilities are also given by the state government to the MLAs. Maharashtra is the second state with the highest salary after Maharashtra, where MLAs get a salary of Rs 2.6 lakh. Telangana is at number three in this case. The monthly salary of the MLA here is Rs 2.5 lakh. There are eight states of the country, where MLAs are given more than 2 lakh rupees salary.
Most billionaire MLAs in Karnataka
The huge increase in the salary of Karnatke MLAs is shocking. Actually, Karnataka is number one in the case of billionaire MLAs. The salary of these MLAs is more than Rs 100-100 crore. There are 31 MLAs billionaires here. According to the ADR report, the total assets of Karnataka MLAs are 14,179 crore and it is at the forefront of other states.
