 bill no 52 f un the salaries and allowances of members of parliament (amendment) bill, 1969 a billfurther to amend the salaries and allowances of members of parlia~nt act, 1954 be it enacted by parliamenjt in the twentieth year of the republic of india as follows;-1 (1) this act may be called the salaries and allowances of members sbmt of parliament (amend~ent) act, 1969 title and (2) this section and section 2 shall be deemed to have come into force l'omon the 16th day of may, 1969 and the other provisions of this act shall --;,--come into force at once m_ 30 of 1964, 2 in the salaries and allowances of members of parliameat act, 195" aidedd-(hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 3, for tbe worcw -cif !u!!ction 3, 44thirty-one rupees", the words "fifty-one rupees" shall be substituted 3 in section 6 of the principal act, in the explanation to sub-section (1), foi' the words "for the purposes of this sub-section", the words, bradretl, ft~s and letter "for the purposes of this sub-section and sub--seetion (1) of section 6a" shall be substituted '" after section 6 of the principal act, the following section shall be " inserted, namely:-travel by '~a (1) without prejudice to the provisions of sectioll 6, eyfiir/ idember shall be entitled to travel by air from any place id iddia to aay other plaee in india on paymedt ef tbe difhredce between the air fare and the first class railway fare for the journey between the i aforesaid placm (2) nothing in this section shall apply to a journey of the nature referred to in sub-section (1) of section 4 performed by a member   s'fatement of objects and reasonsthe object of the bill is to amend the salaries and allowan~s of members of parliament act, 1954, with a view to entitling the metnbers of parliament to draw daiiy allowance at an increased rate of fifty:obe rupees for each day during any period of resid~ on duty instead of thirty~ne rupees as admissible at present tb'e bill alia seeks to entitle the members to travel by air by paying the difference between the ftrst class rail fare and the air fare the above two amendments are being made after considering the recotnmendatioris of the joint committee on salary, allowances and other amenities to members of parliament as contained in its report presented to lok sabha on the 7th august, 1968 new dbuu; k raghui\amaiah the 14th may, 1969 j -• clause 2 of the bill seeks to enhance the rate of daily allowance payable to members of parliament under section 3 of the salaries and allew-rncea of members of parliament act, 1954 from thirty-one rupees to ftfty-one rupees per day it is estimated that the financial effect on account of this increased daily allowance is likely to be rs 42'00 lakhs per year clause of the bill seeks to insert a new section sa in the act under which members of parliament will be entitled to travel by air trom any place in india to any other place in india on payment of the difference between the air fare and the first class railway fare for the journey between the aforesaid places the financial effect on account of this facility cannot be estimated at present  annexure extracts from the salaries and allowances of mi:mbas of parliamdn' aj:r, 1954(30 of 1954) - - - - - 3 a member shall be entitled to receive a salary at the rate of tlve  hundred rupees per mensem during the whole of his term of ofilee and at subject to any rules made under this act an allowance at the rate of =-thtrty-one rupees for each day during any period of residence on duty  - - - - - 6 (1) every member shall be provided with one free non-transferable  ftrat class pass which shall entitle him to travel at any time by any rail-= way in india wiif s8 of 19s2 20 of 1953 erpzanation-for the purposes of this sub-section, a member shall include a minister as deftned in ~e salaries and allowances of mmjsters act, 1952, and an officer of parliament as deflned in the salaries and allowances of ofbcers of parliament act, 1953, other than the chairman of the council of states - - - - -  a billfurther to ammd the salaries aad allowances of members of parliament act,1954 <, , i \ shn k roihuramaiah, minisur of parllt1lflllltary affairs, and shlppirik and trans'/xw1 ) 