Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday announced that MLAs and ex MLAs in the state will get a pension for the only term, irrespective of how many times they’ve won.

Earlier, multiple pensions were given to them for each term that they serve as representatives of people in the Vidhan Sabha.

How much pension does a Punjab MLA get?

The MLA in Punjab gets a pension of Rs 75,150 for one term and for every subsequent term that they serve.

Moreover, they are also given an additional 66 per cent of the pension amount.

But now the recent announcement about the pension has come as a setback for MLAs. CM Bhagwant Mann said that today, the politicians from across the political spectrum go to people with folded hands, seeking votes from people in the name of doing their sewa. He further said that people will be shocked to know that those who have been elected MLAs for three, five or even six terms, have been taking away lakhs as pension. They don’t even come to the Vidhan Sabha. The pension they get varies from Rs 3.50 lakh to Rs 5.25 lakh. This burdens the state exchequer. Some of these politicians have even served as members of Parliament and get that pension as well.

Mann also said that he already asked the officers to reduce the family pensions of all lawmakers. He also said that there will also be a deduction in allowances given to MLA’s families.

Notably, political leaders like Lal Singh, Sarwan Singh Phillaur and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal were getting monthly pension of around Rs 3.25 lakh.

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in a recent announcement on Friday said that the state MLAs, ex MLAs will now get a pension for only one term, irrespective of how many times they win. He also said that there will also be a deduction in allowances given to MLA’s families.

Earlier, the MLAs used to get multiple pensions for each term that they serve as representatives of people in the Vidhan Sabha.

Notably, political leaders like Lal Singh, Sarwan Singh Phillaur and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal were getting a monthly pension of around Rs 3.25 lakh.

CM Bhagwant Mann in his announcement said that today, the politicians from across the political spectrum go to people with folded hands, seeking votes from people in the name of doing their sewa. He further said that people will be shocked to know that those who have been elected MLAs for three, five or even six terms, have been taking away lakhs as pension. They don’t even come to the Vidhan Sabha. The pension they get varies from Rs 3.50 lakh to Rs 5.25 lakh. This burdens the state exchequer. Some of these politicians have even served as members of Parliament and get that pension as well.

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Mann also said that he already asked the officers to reduce the family pensions of all lawmakers.

How much pension do the MLAs get for one term?

The MLAs get a pension of Rs 75,150 for one term and for every subsequent term that they serve, the MLAs in Punjab are given an additional 66 per cent of the pension amount.

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