Rs 1,711 crore earmarked for union cabinet, ministers salaries, travel, sumptuaryThe provision is for expenditure on salaries, sumptuary and other allowances and travel by cabinet ministers, ministers of state and former...
01 Feb, 2022, 09.02 PM IST
Taxing allowances: Election Commission may ask Centre to reconsider proposalET has learnt that the grounds that the Election Commission of India may raise are likely to be based on Article 324(5) of the Constitution...
05 Feb, 2020, 08.38 AM IST
Salary of Lieutenant Governors hiked from Rs 80,000 to Rs 2,25,000The Union Cabinet has given its nod for the revision of salary and allowances of Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories and it will be o...
11 Apr, 2018, 05.49 PM IST
29 per cent cut in Cabinet ministers' travelling, other allowancesAn outlay of Rs 295.81 cr has been made for the council of ministers to meet expenditure on salaries, sumptuary and other allowances and tr...
01 Feb, 2018, 06.16 PM IST
Supreme Court, High Court judges get around 200 per cent salary hikeThe judges of the Supreme Court and chief justices of high courts will draw a monthly salary of Rs 2.50 lakh, up from the current Rs 90,000...
30 Jan, 2018, 08.15 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes bill to hike salaries of Supreme Court, High Court judgesOnce the bill is cleared by Parliament and becomes a law, the Chief Justice of India will get a monthly salary of Rs 2.80 lakh from the pre...
04 Jan, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
When the government tells you what to eatSome legal scholars have suggested that sumptuary laws are the origins of trademark protection: by limiting access under law you increase v...
11 Mar, 2017, 12.45 AM IST
Haryana MLAs get hefty hike in salary, allowancesAs per the Bill, keeping in view the rise in cost of living, it was proposed to increase salary of MLAs from Rs 30,000 per month to Rs 40,0...
31 Aug, 2016, 09.45 PM IST
54 per cent cut in Union Ministers' travel budgetThe travel and other expenses of Union Ministers have been slashed by a whopping 54 per cent in the 2016-17 budget presented today.
29 Feb, 2016, 10.08 PM IST
New Moolah Route: Karnataka MLAs help themselves with a 55% hikeAll elected representatives in Karnataka's legislature have gifted themselves a hike of 55% plus additional hikes in reimbursements that ca...
31 Mar, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
Hefty salary hike for Karnataka MLAsKarnataka legislators gave themselves a hefty hike in salaries and allowances with the Chief Minister's monthly salary set to jump from Rs ...
30 Mar, 2015, 10.08 PM IST
Budget 2014: 15.6% hike in allocation of expenses for CabinetFor sumptuary and other allowances of Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State, a provision of Rs 11 crore has been made.
10 Jul, 2014, 07.59 PM IST
- Budget 2013: Rs 270.05 cr for Union Ministers' travel; Rs5.8 cr for salaries
The govt has earmarked Rs 270.05 crore for the tour expenses of Union Ministers in the General Budget 2013-14.
03 Mar, 2013, 12.21 PM IST
- Narendra Modi justifies gutkha ban in Gujarat
"I have to save Gujarat's youth from the dreaded evil of cancer and thus, a decision to impose a ban on gutkha was taken," Modi said.
02 Oct, 2012, 09.43 PM IST
- Karnataka CM's pay to zoom 150%, ministers to get double
Karnataka's netas are giving themselves a Ugadi bonanza. Before winding up the ongoing legislature session, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa,...
16 Mar, 2011, 11.26 AM IST
- Three cheers: Judges get 300% pay hike
Judges in the supreme court and high courts will now draw salaries almost three times higher than their present levels.
29 Nov, 2008, 09.42 AM IST
- Isn’t 20% too high a rate for revenue-neutral GST?
In the introduction of GST there still remains some ambiguity concerning the proposed rate(s) of tax for the GST.
26 Feb, 2008, 12.33 AM IST