Karnataka MLA salary hike: The state government is going to introduce a bill in the assembly soon to increase salary from CM to MLAs in Karnataka. After the passage of this bill, the salary of all the public representatives of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council will double. The interesting fact here is that Karnataka is already on top of the list of rich MLAs. A total of 31 MLAs are billionaires here. The total assets of the MLAs of Karnataka are 14,179 crore, so it is also at the forefront of the total assets of MLAs of other states.
The Karnataka Assembly has 224 seats, as well as a nominated member. In this way there are 225 MLAs here. According to the report of the Association of Democratic Reform (ADR), the assets of 31 MLAs in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly are more than 100-100 crores. The most property is with Deputy CM DK Shivkumar. He has assets worth 1413 crores. DK Shivkumar is second in the list of rich MLAs of India.
According to the report of the ADR, Andhra Pradesh is second and Maharashtra is third in the list of billionaire MLAs. There are 27 MLAs in Andhra Pradesh and 18 in Maharashtra.
Four MLAs from Karnataka in the top-10
Among the 10 richest MLAs of the country, 4 MLAs from Karnataka are included. In this, the name of 4 MLAs of Andhra Pradesh also comes. A total of 119 MLAs in India have a property of more than 100 crores. It has 63% i.e. 76 MLAs from just three states. These three states are Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Average assets also at second place
Talking about the average assets of MLAs, Karnataka’s name comes second. Karnataka has an average of 63.5 crore per MLA. At the same time, the average assets of MLAs in Andhra Pradesh are 65 crores. Overall, it can be said that in the case of rich MLAs, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are running shoulder to shoulder.
(Tagstotranslate) karnataka government
Source link
