 , " bill no m of 1185 the salaries and allowances of ministers (amendment)  bill, 1985 a billfu"rther to amend the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the salaries and allowances of minis-short title ters (amendment) act, 1985 and commence· 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government mel)t may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint  a of 1952substitution of new·sec tion for section 3 2 for section 3 of the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 (herein~fter referred to as the principal act) the following section shall be substituted namely:-- 10 "3 (1) each minister shall be entitled to receive a salary per mensem, and an allowance for each day during the whole 01 his tenn as such minirter at tlte same rates as are specifted in sedlqll 3 01 the salaries, allowanc:es and pcnsion of members of parliament a£t, 1954 with respect to members of parlian'ent salaries, and daily and com-tituency allowan ces  30 of 19m15 (2) each mini~ter shall be entitled to receive conatitueaq auo  aae at the flame rate 8' is qedftecluur sedioli s of_tu utd &h wit'" ,'e·c~· to ftie'ift~e'n of jfutuaekt!' 3 fer section 5 of the principal act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-· subatitution of new section for section 5 "5 there shall t,c paid a sumptuary allowance to each mioter at the following rates, naulely:-sumpf&lary allowan-ce to mln1aterl (a) the prime minister rupees one thoul8dd 5 five hundred per med8em; rupees ode tbouaadd per mensem; (b) every oth('r minister who is a member of the cabinet 10 ( c) a m'ulister of state rupees five huddred per medle1ll; (d)' - deputy minister rupees three hundred per mensem" ~ 4 in section 6 of the principal act, after sub-section following sl'1b-sec~ion shall be inserted, namely:-(1), the amendmento! eec:tiod 6 t(la) a minister and llny one member of his famuy accompanying him hall be elltitled to travelling allowances in respect of dot 'dlore than six reh,rn journeys perfonned, during each year~ within india, at the same rates at which travelling allowaacel are payable 110 to such m"mister under clause (ib) of sub-section: (,1) in respeet of tours referred to ill that clause explanat"nn-for the purposes of this sub-seetiod, "return journey" means ii journey from one place to another place and the return journey from sut'h other plaee to the ftrst mentioded pla&:e' 5 in the principal act, after section 10, the following section shall 115 be inserted, namely:-insertion of new section loa 'loa notwithstanding anvthing contained, in the income-tax act 1961, the value of rent free furnished residence (including main-, of 1961 tenance thereof) provided to a minister under sub-section (1) of section 4 shall not be included in the comdutation of his income go chargeable under the hend "salaries" under section 15 of the incometax act, 1961 t exemption from ua bmty to pay incometu gil ce:rtatn per quiattu rece1ved bya minister m1diater are balically mambers of parliament with tbe  md1ttodbl :responsibility of being on duty ismidisten tbnqhout the,ar bmping this in view, the bill seeks to make suitable changesin the -salary and allowances of the ministers act  2 the bill· seeks-<a> to provide that ministers shall be entitled to a ulary, daily allowances and constituency allowance at the same rates as a member of parliament; (b) to increase the amount payable to ministers by way of sum, ptuary allowance and exempt from income-tax the value of the omcial residence provided to a minister; and (c) to extend the facility of free travel in respect of six relurn journeys per year within india to one member of the family of a minister accompanying him on such journeys 3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects new delhi; s b chav an the 19th december, 1985  clauaes 2, 3 and 4 of the bill provide for increasing the salary add allowances of the prime minister, cabinet ministers, ministers of state  and deputy ministers 2 the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consol;idated fund of india it is likely to involve an additional recurring expenditure of about rs 2771 laths pet' annum only no non-recurring expenditure is hkely to be involved  annexure extracts from the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952(58 of 1952) - - - - - salaries of ministers 3 there shall be paid to each minister, other than a deputy minister, a salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty rupees per mensem, and to each deputy minister a sa~ary of one thousand seven hundred and fifty l'jlpees per mensem - - - - - sumptuary allowance ~ ministers 5 the central government may, by rules made in this behalf, provide for the grant or a sumptuary allowance not exceeding five hundred rupees per mensem to any minister other than a deputy minister, and such rules may provide for the grant of the allowance to different ministers at different rates - - - - - " -\  a billfurther to amend the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 (sh!'j~ s_ b chav8b, minister of horne affairs) ,  