 the salaries and allowances of ministers (amendment) bill, 2009 a billfurther to amend the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952be it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—commencement2 in section 6 of the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952, for sub-section(1a), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—a m e n d m e n t of section 6 of act 58 of1952"(1a) a minister shall be entitled to an amount equal to the fare for a single journey performed by him, during each year, within india, either alone or along with spouse or legitimate or step children, residing with and wholly dependent on him, or any number of companions or relatives, at the same rates at which travelling allowances is payable to such minister under clause (b) of sub-section (1) in respect of tours referred to in that clause, subject to a maximum of forty-eight such  fares per year:provided that the spouse or legitimate or step children residing with and wholly dependent on the minister, as the case may be, may undertake such journey alone'' statement of objects and reasonsunder sub-section (1a) of section 6 of the salaries and allowances of ministers act,1952, a minister is entitled (subject to certain provisions of the said act) to travelling allowance in respect of not more than twelve return journeys performed, during each year, within india, for himself and his family, whether travelling together or separately, subject to the overall entitlement of forty-eight single journeys in each year under sub-section (2) of section 5 of the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament act, 1954, a member of parliament is entitled (subject to certain provisions of the said act) to an amount equal to the fare by air for each single journey performed by him either alone or along with spouse or any number of companions or relatives from any place in india to any other place in india during his term of office as such member, subject to a maximum of thirty-four such journeys per year2 from the above mentioned provisions, it is observed that a member of parliament is entitled to travel by air for each single journey performed by him, either alone or along with spouse or any other number of companions or relatives whereas, a minister can avail this facility either for himself or for his family members only3 in order to remove this discrepancy in the entitlement of ministers to travel facilities, it is proposed to amend sub-section (1a) of section 6 of the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 so as to allow the spouse or legitimate or stepchildren residing with or wholly dependent on the minister to travel on their own or with the minister but to allow the companions or relatives of the ministers to travel only with the minister, subject to a maximum of forty-eight fares only4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectthe 11th december, 2009 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill proposes to amend sub-section (1a) of section 6 of the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 as no change is proposed in the amount of entitlement permissible during each year in the said sub-section (1a) of section 6, the proposed amendment does not involve any additional expenditure from the consolidated fund of india annexure extract from the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 (58 of 1952)    6 (1)    travelling and daily allowances to ministers(1a) a minister shall be entitled to travelling allowance in respect of not more than twelve return journeys performed, during each year, within india, for himself  and his family, whether travelling together or separately at the same rates at which travelling allowance is payable to such minister under clause (b) of sub-section (1) in respect of tours referred to in that clause, subject to the overall entitlement of forty-eight single journeys in each year    ———— a billfurther to amend the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952————(shri p chidambaram, minister of  finance)