Punjab (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: Former Punjab Chief Minister and MLA for a long period of time Prakash Singh Badal decided to forgoes his pension as Ex-MLA. On Thursday, Badal in his tweet addressed to Punjab Assembly and speaker the SAD patriarch says whatever pension accrues to him as an ex-MLA should be spent on public welfare and in no case should be sent to him. A formal request in this regard is being sent separately, he added.
“The amount of basic monthly pension as per the notification issued on October 26, 2016, is Rs 15,000 for the first term and Rs 10,000 for each subsequent term. The beneficiary retired MLAs also get 50 per cent merged dearness allowance (DA) and 234 per cent presently applicable DA over and above the monthly pension,” says the information.
While the total amount disbursed as monthly pension to former lawmakers has not been mentioned, saying the funds are released by the government, it adds that at present 129 former MLAs are getting monthly pension for more than one term.
