 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks to amend section 8a of the act, to provide for increase in the amount of pension for ex-members of parliament 2, the above provisions would involve a recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india to the extent of rs 345 crores per annum approximately i 3 the provisions of the bill will not involve any other expenditure either recurring or non-recurring  annexure extracts from the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament acr, 1954(30 or 1954)      5 (2)      (2) every member shall be entitled to an amount equal to the fare by air for each single journey by air [other than a journey referred to travelling allowances for intermediate journeys in section 4 or the second proviso to sub-section (1) of this section or section 6c] performed by him from any place in india to any other place in india during his term of office as such member: provided that no member shall be entitled to any payment under this sub-section in respect of any journeys in excess of sixteen performed by him during any year, y explanation i—the provisions of clause (c) of sub-section (1) and of sub-section (2) of section 4 shall, so far as may be, apply to travelling allowances payable under this section as they apply to travelling allowances payable under that section explanation ii—for the purposes of this section, "year" means - | 74 of         | 1985,    ||---------------|----------|| (i)           |          || in            |          || the           |          || case          |          || of            |          || a             |          || person        |          || who           |          || is            |          || a             |          || member        |          || at            |          || the           |          || commence-     |          || ment          |          || of            |          || the           |          || salary,       |          || allowances    |          || and           |          || pension       |          || of            |          || members       |          || of            |          || parlia-       |          || ment          |          || (amendment)   |          || act,          |          || 1985,         |          || the           |          || year          |          || beginning     |          || with          |          || such          |          || commencement  |          || and           |          || each          |          || of            |          || the           |          || subsequent    |          || years;        |          || (ii)          |          || in            |          || the           |          || case          |          || of            |          || a             |          || person        |          || who           |          || becomes       |          || a             |          || member        |          || after         |          || such          |          || commencement, |          || the           |          || year          |          || beginning     |          || with          |          || the           |          || date          |          || on            |          || which         |          || his           |          || term          |          || of            |          || office        |          || as            |          || such          |          || member        |          || commences     |          || and           |          || each          |          || of            |          || the           |          || subsequent    |          || years        |          || {             |          ||              |          ||              |          ||              |          ||              |          ||              |          ||              |          || pension,      |          || 105           | of       || 8a           |          || (1)           |          || with          |          || effect        |          || from          |          || the           |          || commencement  |          || of            |          || the           |          || salaries      |          || and           |          || allowances    |          || of            |          || members       |          || of            |          || parliament    |          || (amendment)   |          || act,          |          || 1976,         |          || there         |          || shall         |          || be            |          || paid          |          || a             |          || pension       |          || of            |          || five          |          || hundred       |          || rupees        |          || per           |          || mensem        |          || to            |          || every         |          || person        |          || who           |          || has           |          || served        |          || for           |          || a             |          || period        |          || of            |          || five          |          || years,        |          || whether       |          || continuous    |          || or            |          || not,—         |          || i             |          |(i) as a member of the council of states; or (i) as a member of the house of the people; or (iii) partly as a member of the council of states and partly as a member of the house of the people; or | (iv) as a member of the provisional parliament; or (v) partly as a member of the provisional parliament and— (a) partly as a member of the council of states and partly as a member of the house of the people, or (b) partly as a member of the council of states or partly as a member of the house of the people: 21 of 1981, provided that with effect from the commencement of the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament (amendment) act, 1981, any person who has served as aforesaid for a period which falls short of five years by not more than sixty days, shall also be paid a pension of five hundred rupees per mensem: provided further that where any person has served as aforesaid for a period exceeding five years, there shall be paid to him an additional pension of fifty rupees per mensem, for every year in excess of five: provided also that every person, who has served for any period as a member of the provisional parliament and who is not entitled to any pension under the foregoing provisions of this sub-section, shall, with effect from the commencement of the salary, allowances and pension |               |              |          |               |              |              |             |              |          | 74             | of      | 1985    ||---------------|--------------|----------|---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|----------|----------------|---------|---------|| of            | members      | of       | parliament    | (amendment)  | act,         | 1985,       | be           | entitled | to             | a       | pen-    || sion          | of           | five     | hundred       | rupees       | per          | mensem     | |            | (        |               |         |         || explanation   | 1—for       | the      | purposes      | of           | this         | sub-section | "provisional |          |                |         |         || parliament"   | shall        | include  | the           | body         | which        | functioned  | as           | the      | constituent    |         |         || assembly      | of           | the      | dominion      | of           | india        | immediately | before       | the      | commence-      |         |         || ment          | of           | the      | constitution | !            | |            |             |              |          |                |         |         || 43            | of           | 1951     |               |              |              |             |              |          |                |         |         || explanation   | 2—where     | in       | any           | general      | election     | held        | for          | the      | purpose        |         |         || of            | constituting | a        | new           | house        | of           | the         | people,      | poll     | could          | not     | be      || parliamentary | constituency | or       | any           | part         | thereof      | on          | the          | date     | originally     |         |         || fixed         | under        | clause   | (d)           | of           | section      | 30          | of           | the      | representation | of      | the     || act,          | 1951         | on       | account       | of           | snowfalls    | or          | other        | weather  | conditions     | of      | an      || treme         | nature       | in       | such          | constituency | or           | part        | thereof      | or       | on             | account | of      || constituency  | or           | part     | thereof       | being        | inaccessible | for         | any          | reason,  | the            | mem-    |         || ber           | elected      | to       | such          | house        | from         | such        | constituency | shall    | be             | deemed, | for     || the           | purposes     | of       | this          | sub-section, | to           | have        | served       | as       | member         | for     | such    || house         | from         | the      | date          | of           | publication, | under       | section      | 73       | of             | the     | said    || the           | notification | relating | to            | such         | house       |             |              |          |                |         |         |(3) where any person entitled' to pension under sub-section (1) is also entitled to any pension from the central government or any state government or any corporation owned or controlled by the central government or any state government or any local eee under any jaw or otherwise; then— | (a) where the amount of pension to which he is entitled under such law or otherwise, is equal to or in excess of that to which he is entitled under sub-section (1), such person shal! not be entitled to any pension under that sub-section; and , | (b) where the amount of pension to which he is entitled under such law or otherwise, is less than that to which he is entitled under sub-section (1), such person shall be entitled to pension under that sub-section only of an amount which falls short of the amount of pension to which he is otherwise entitled under that sub-section: provided that any pension (whether known as swatantraia sainik samman pension or by any other name) received by such person as a freedom fighter shall not be taken into account for the purpose of this sub-section and such person shall be entitled to receive such pension in addition to the pension to which he is entitled under sub-section (1)  