No Constitutional embargo on State legislature in giving benefits to MLAs, ex-MLAs: Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court has upheld the legality of pension and benefits for former MLAs and MLCs, deeming them within the legislature's pu...
17 May, 2026, 02.51 PM IST
Why 2026 Kerala polls are crucial test for Congress-led United Democratic Front after Left front's decade in powerKerala Exit Poll 2026: Exit polls suggest the Congress-led UDF could unseat Kerala's ruling LDF after a decade in opposition, with projecti...
02 May, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
Congress manifesto for Assam: No MLA’s close relatives to be awarded government contracts or schemesAssam: The Congress manifesto talked about transparent land records, revenue, and taxation system.Priority to local people in jobs and gove...
02 Apr, 2026, 09.03 PM IST
Odisha MLA salary hike: Legislators give themselves threefold jump from Rs 1.11 lakh to Rs 3.45 lakh a monthOdisha has significantly increased MLA salaries, tripling their monthly earnings to Rs 3.45 lakh, making it one of India's highest. This re...
10 Dec, 2025, 02.55 PM IST
Jagdeep Dhankhar applies for pension as former MLA in RajasthanDhankhar, who represented the Kishangarh Assembly constituency as a Congress MLA from 1993 to 1998, received pension as a former legislator...
30 Aug, 2025, 04.35 PM IST
Salary of Tripura Ministers, MLAs to see hike of over 81%Ministers and MLAs in Tripura are set to receive a significant salary increase of 81 to 92 percent. The Ninth Amendment Bill, passed in the...
16 Jan, 2025, 11.32 AM IST
Salaries of Tripura MLAs to be hiked by up to 92%The Tripura State Assembly passes a Bill to increase the salaries of ministers and MLAs by over 81 to 92%, granting all retirement benefits...
16 Jan, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
Punjab govt issues notification providing former MLAs pension for only one termChief Minister Bhagwant Mann in a tweet on Saturday said, "I am very happy to inform Punjabis that the Governor has given his assent to One...
13 Aug, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
Economic situation in Kerala dangerous, opposition claims in AssemblyLeader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly V D Satheesan claimed in the House that the fiscal indicators of the southern state indicate its...
07 Jul, 2022, 12.03 PM IST
Ex-MLAs to get pension for one term only: Punjab CM"Ex-MLAs in Punjab, even if they have won twice, five times or ten times, they will now get pension for one term only," said Mann in a vide...
25 Mar, 2022, 03.39 PM IST
Pensioners demand higher monthly payout of Rs 7,500The amount under the scheme, run by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), is Rs 1,000 at present.
07 Dec, 2017, 08.02 PM IST
Former BSP MLA lives on streets with his family"I entered politics to participate in Kanshi Ram's mission to empower the lower castes and I never tried to make money during my two stints...
23 Jun, 2016, 12.32 PM IST
AAP MLA Surinder Singh to join One-Rank-One-Pension protestAAP MLA Surinder Singh, who was granted bail by court after his arrest for allegedly assaulting an NDMC employee, will join ex-servicemen p...
22 Aug, 2015, 10.10 PM IST
Rajasthan Assembly passes bill to hike pension for MLAsRajasthan Legislative Assembly has passed a Bill to hike allowances for all sitting MLAs and those who have been members of the House since...
10 Apr, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
UP MLAs get salary hike; allowances too go up significantlyBJP MLA Suresh Khanna said that the MLA Area Development fund should be hiked, a proposal that all MLAs supported by thumping their desks.
27 Mar, 2015, 01.29 PM IST
Ex-MPs can take pension even if they get benefits as ex-MLAs or ex-MLCs: RTI replyMinistry said on a writ petition filed in this regard, Supreme Court on May 14, 2010 ruled that MPLAD scheme is valid as per Constitution.
12 Oct, 2014, 06.41 PM IST
Opposition members demand MLA pensions to continueMembers of opposition in the UP Assembly today criticised the policy of discontinuing payment of pensions to former MLAs.
20 Mar, 2013, 02.46 PM IST