 bill no 81 of 1982 the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament (amendment) bill, 1982 a billfurther to amend ti,e salary, ,wowances and pension of ~emberb1 of parliament act, 1954 be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-third year of the republic of india as follows:-:-short title 1 this act may be called the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament (amendment) act, 1982 30 of 1954 5 ~ in section 8a of the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament act, 1954, in sub-section (3), the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely:-amendment of section ba "provided that any pension (whether known as swatantrata saini1 , - ii'" , ,amman pension or by any uthc'r name) received by such p'i''-;:; 'bis 10 freedom fighter shan not be taken into account for tl  ~::a'p;;8ion in - b  d h ,,-1-  8u -secbon an stle person shall be entitled 1~  ~:!loii (1)" ,,  , addltidm to th'l pellsion to whid hi; is imlj1k'fi  statement of objects and reasonsthere has been a demand both in parliament and outside that the pension received by an ex-member of parliament or provisional parliament as a freedom fighter should not be taken into'account for the purpose of determining the pension payable to him with respect to his services as such member under the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament act, 19"14 the joint committee on salary and allowances of members of parliament have also recommended that the act should be suitably amended so that such members receive their pension under the act in addition to the pension to which they may be entitled to as freedom fighters the pension payable to freedom fighters under the swatantrata sainani samman pension scheme is really for the purpose of honouring those who participated in the freedom struggle it is, ther~ fore, proposed to amend sub-section (3) of section 8a of the act suitably to ensure that any pension received on account of participation in the freedom struggle is not taken into account for the purpose of determining the pension payable under the act 2 the bill seeks to achieve the above object new delhi; bhishma nar~in singh the 29th june, 1982  10k sabra corri gendumto the salary, allowances and pension of khmbers of p arlialvil!"it (jt1endhe1\;t) bill, 1982 ito bt;cs introduced in ipk sabha 7 page 2, line-12,-1q!: "swatantrata sairiani samman pension scheme" ~ "swatantrata sainik sajnmari pension scheme" new deihl; ~uly 9 aq82 asadha 1 ~ 1904 (s8ka)  by virtue of the amendment which clause 2 of the biu seeks to make in sub-section (3) of section sa of the principal act, an ex-member of parliament or provisional parliament entitled to pension under sub-section (1) of that s~ction would receive such pension in addition to any pension to which he may be entitled to as a freedom fighter it is estimated that this provision would involve an expenditure of about rs 750 lakhs per annum the provisions of the bill do not involve any other expenditure of a recurring or non-recurring nature  (30 of 1954)'" '" '" '" '" sa '(1-) - pension '(3) where any person entitled to pension under sub-section (j) is also entitled to any pension from the central government or any st~te government, or any corporation owned or controlled by the, central government or any state government, or any local authority, under any law  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 shall not be entitled to any pension under that sub-sec~ion; 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 '" '" '" - '" 