Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Aaah Goverment!!!

Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP)

Monthly Salary : Rs. 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month : Rs.10,000
Office expenditure per month : Rs.14,000

Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : Rs.48,000 (For a visit to Delhi & return: 6000 km)
Daily BETA during parliament meets : Rs.500
Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train : Free (For any number of times)
(All over India )

Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)
Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : Free

Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units
Local phone call charge : Free up to 1,70,000 calls.

TOTAL expense for a MP per year : Rs. 32,00,000
TOTAL expense for 5 years : Rs. 1,60,00,000
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : Rs. 8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 cores)

And they are elected by THE PEOPLE OF INDIA , by the largest democratic processin the world, not intruded into the parliament on their own or by any qualification.

Are they worth it, or would you prefer an IIM graduate (please think of this whenever you vote)

1 comment:

Jatin S Mehta said...

Where did u get these figures from.Are u also in some way related to a politician to get such accurate figures!!!
After reading,i am thinking of changing my profile to a POLITICIAN.