tbe saiarx,                 alloiftsu'jce;:^ m d  p s k s ld n  of m e^tehs of pa r l ja meiv't                              (ahsndimeljt) bill,                                                        1988( l b  be/as introduced in lok ss-bha)1 page i jl i n e  13, -for "fo lo vin g rea d "fo 1 lo win g "2  page 2 , lin e  6 ,-omit " ( 1 ) ''3 page 2 , lin e  2q ,-for ^substituted'' read "inserted"2, lin e  3^,- for 'nearnest" read 'n ea rest"5 page 2, lin e s  u6 and ^ 7 ,- omit 'tor a companion"iis'w deiiil;■septeirber 19s8_____bhadra "tj+7 191^ (saka) bill no 106 of 1988 the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliam ent (amendment) bill, 1988 a bill|/wrthier to amend the salary, allovmnces and pension of members of i parliament act, 1954be it enacted by parliam ent in the thirty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows—1 (1) this act may be called the salary, allowances and pension short of m em bers of parliam ent (am endment) act, 1988 title5 (2 ) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day ofapril, 1988 mentamend­ment of section 32 in section 3 of the salary, allowances and pension of members, of parliament act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), for the words ''one thousand rupees" and '"seventy-five rupees', the words 1 0  '^one thousand and five hundred rupees" and ""one hundred and fifty rupees" shall respectively be substituted13 in sub-section (1) of section 4 of the principal act, in clause (c), after sub-clause (ii), the folowing proviso shall be inserted, namely: —amend­ment of section 4"provided that where the spouse, if any, of a member performs 15 such journey or part thereof by road unaccompanied by such mem­ber, the road mileage prescribed under thistsub-clause shall be allow­ed to him for such journey or part thereof"4 in section 6  of thi| principal act, for the words ^first class'^ where­ver they occur, the words ''air-coinditioned two-tier'^ shall be substitutedamend­ment of section 65 in  section 6a of the principal act,—amend­m ent of section 6a(a) in sub-section (1), for th e opening paragraph, th e following shall be substituted, nam ely:—  ^"'(i) without prejudice to the provisions of section 6 , every member representing -the union territory of the andaman and nicobar islands or the union territory of lakshadweep shall,—(a) be provided with one free non-trarisferable pass which shall entitle him to travel at any time by the highest 1 0  class by steamer to and from any part of his constituency and any other part of his constituency or the nearest part\ in the main land of india; and -  t r(b) be entitled to an amount equal to the fare by air from his usual place of residence to the nearest, airport in the 1 5 mainland of india;(b) in sub-section (6),—(i) in the opening portion, for the words ''a free steamer pass issued to a member" the words ''"the facilities provided to a member" shall be substituted; 2 0(ii) in clause (i),—(a) for the words "lowest class", the words ^tiighest class" shall be substituted;(b) for the word "and", occurring at the end, the word "or" shall be substituted; 25(hi) in clause (ii), fo>r the words '"once during every session", the words ''at any time between the island and the main land of india; and" shall be substituted;(iv) after clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, nam ely:—  30(hi) to an amount equal to the fare by air 1 either for the spouse, if any, of the member or fo!r one -person to accompany the member from the usual place (of residence in the island to the nearnest airport of the main land of india"6  a fter section 6a of the principal act, the following section shall be 3 5  inserted, nam ely: —special facility to mem­"6 aa (1) without prejudice^ to the provisions of section 6 , every member who has his ordinary placejof residence in the ladakh area of the state of jammu and kashmir shall be entitled to an amoimt equal to the fare( by air for each single journey by air performed by 40 him from any airport in ladakh to the airport in delhi and back at any time(2) in addition to the air travel provided to a member under sob-section (1), he shall ^iso be entitled to an amount equal to the fare by air for each singfe joorney ]by air performed by the if 4 5any, of the member or o ^  p e r ^  to i^comipa^y' ^uch niffliw , or a ccttnpanion from any ai:ea to tike 9ifpo0  in ddm  m d fiidt at any time''7 in  section 6b of the principal act,—(a) in clause (i), for the words "and first class''^ the words ''and aircofnditioned two-tier" shall be substituted;amend­ment of section 6b 1(b ) in clause (ii), for the words "first class", the words "air5  ^conditioned two tier" sham be substituted;(c) in clause (n i),—(i) in the opening paragraph,—(1 ) for the words "first class", the words "air-condi­tioned two-tier" shall be substituted;10 (2) for the portion beginning w ith the words "and if suchjourney" and ending w ith the words "or part thereof", the follow­ing shall be substituted, nam ely: —"and if such journey or any part thereof is perform ed by air from  any place other than the usual place of residence of the ^ m em ber, or from  any other place to delhi and back,to anam ount equal to the fare by air for such journey or part thereof;provided th at w here such journey or part thereof by such spouse is perform ed by air from  any other place, the expen-20 diture on such journey or part thereof shall not exceed theam ount payable if the journey had been perform ed from the usual place of residence of the m em ber to delhi and back:(ii) for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substitu­ted nam ely'—25 "provided further that w here a m em ber travels by railin first class air-conditioned, and no person accompanies th at m em ber in th at journey in air-conditioned two-tier by virtue of the free air-conditioned tw o-tier railways pass refer­red to in clause (ii), then in determ ining the amount paya- 30 ble by the m em ber under clause (i) the amount of air-con­ditioned tw o-tier fare for such journey shall be adjustedagainst the difference referred to in that clause; so, how­ever, that the m em ber shall not be entitled to claim thebalance of such air-conditioned tw o-tier fare left after such35 adjustm ent"amend­ment of section 88 in section 8 of the principal act,— (a) after the words "electricity facilities", the w ords "electricity and office expense allowance" shall be inserted;(b) after the words "such facilities" the words "or allowance" 40 shall be inserted9 in section 8a of the principal act, after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely: —amend­ment of section 8a" (la ) w ith effect from  the commencement of the salary, allow­ances and pension of m embers of parliam ent (amendment) act, 45 1&88, there shall be paid a pension of five hundred rupees per mensemto the spouse, if any, or dependant of any m ember who dies during his term  of office as such m ember, for a period of five years from the date of his death"10 in section 8b of the principal act, for the words "tw enty thousand amend­ment of section sb50 rupees", the w ords "fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted statement of objects and reasonsthe joint committee on salary and allowances of mps has made a number of recommendations for increasing the allowances and facilities of members of parliament it is proposed to implement some of the reconamendations as accepted by the government with regard to: —(i) increase in the salary and daily allowance;(ii) rail travel of mps, their companions and spouses in acii tier;(iii) air travel facilities to mps from the andaman and nicobax islands and lakshadweep and their spouses or companion;(iy) travel by the highest class by steamer (without diet) by spouse or companion of mps from the andaman and nicobar islands and lakshadweep;(v) air travel by spouse of mps from a place other than the usual place of residence of the m p to delhi and vice versa;(vi) air journey accompanied either by spouse or companion between ladakh and delhi;(vii) provision for an office expense allowance;(viii) payment of pension to widow/dependant of a member dying in harness;(ix) road mileage allowance for journeys of spouses of mps when they do not accompany the mps2 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesn e w  d e lh i; h k l bhagatthe 3rd september, 1988the biu seeks to amend various provisions of the act to provi(ie for(i) increase in the salary from rs 1000 to rs 1500 per month,(ii) increase in the rate of daily allowance irom  rs 75 per diem to rs 150 per diem; (iii) rail travel of mps, their companions and spouses in ac ii tier; (iv) a ir travel facilities to members of parlia­ m ent from  islands and their spouse or compariion; (v) travel by the highest class by steam er (w ithout diet) by spouse or companion of m em bers of parliam ent from  islands; (vi) air journey accompanied either by spouse or companion betw een ladakh and delhi; (vii) pay­m ent of an ofl&ce expense allowance; (viii) paym ent of pension to w idow /dependent of a m em ber dying in harness; and (ix) paym ent of road m ileage for journeys of spouses of members of parliam ent when they do not accompany the m embers of parliam ent2 the above provisions would involve a recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india to the tune of rs 4 crores per annum approxim ately  '3 the provisions of the bill w ill not involve any other expenditure either recurring or non-recurring memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the biu seeks to amend section 8 of the salary, allow­ances and pension of members of parliament act, 1954 to provide for payment of an office expense allowance by rviles made by the joint committee under section 9 of the act rules under section 9 are made in consultation of the central government the delegation of legisla­tive power is, therefore, of a normal character a billfurther to amend the salsiry, allowances and pension of members of parliament act, 1954(shri h k l bhagat, minister of parliamentary affairs and information and broadcasting)