Salaries of Tripura MLAs to be hiked by up to 92%

Guwahati: The salaries of ministers and MLAs in Tripura are all set to increase by over 81 to 92%. The legislators will get all retirement benefits, including pension. A Bill to this effect was passed by the Tripura State Assembly on Wednesday.

The Ninth Amendment Bill of Salaries, Allowances, Pensions and Other Benefits of the Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of Opposition (LoP), the government Chief Whip and the Members of the Assembly was passed without any opposition from any party.

According to the Bill, an MLA will get all retirement benefits if he or she has served as a member of the House even just for a day.


The Bill proposed to increase the salaries of the Chief Minister to ₹97,000, the deputy Chief minister to Rs 96,000, Ministers, Speaker, LoP, and Chief Whip to ₹95,000, the Deputy Speaker to ₹94,000 and an MLA to ₹93,000.

The salaries and pensions of the Ministers and MLAs were last increased in 2019. Before the passing of the Ninth Amendment Bill, as per the previous Act passed in 2019, the Chief Minister's salary was ₹53,630, the deputy Chief minister ₹52,630, the Minister, Speaker, LoP and Chief Whip ₹51,780, Deputy Speaker ₹ 50,510 and MLA ₹48,420.