 biu no 212 of 1885 the salaries and allowances of ofll'lcers of parliament (amendment) bill, 1985 billfurther to amend the s414ries and aucnoonces of of1i,cets ,of pa,liament act, 1953 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 officers of parliament (amendmel'lt) act, 1985 short title and commencement 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the ofticial gazette, appoint -  2 for section 3 of the salaries and allowances of officers of parlia-substitu tion of ment act, 1953 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), the follownewaection ing section shall be substituted, namely: -for seef-ton 3 10 parliament "3 (1) there shall be paid to the chairman of the council of salaries, states a salary or seven thousand five hundred rupees per mensem :~~ of (2) each oftlcer or parliament other than the chairman of the council of states shall he entitled to receive a salary per medsem and an allowance rclr each day ciudug the whole of his term as such officer at the same rates its are specified in section 3 of the salaries, allowances and pension of members of parliament act, 1154 with 30 of 1954 retlpect to members of parliament (3) each officer of parliament, other than the chainnan of the 5 council of states, shall be entitled to receive a constitu~ucy allowance at the sanle rate :ls is specified under section 8 of the said act with respect to members of parliament" 3 for section 5 of the principal act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-10 substitution of new section for section 5 sumptuary allowance "5 there shall 1(' paid to the chairman of the council of states and the speaker of the house of the people a sumptuary allowance of one thousand rupees per mensem and to the deputy chairman and the deputy s))eaker n sumptuary allowauce of five hundred· rupees per mensem" 15 4 in section 6 of the principal act, after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-amendment of section 6 '( 1 ~) an officer of parliament and 8,uy one member of his family accompanying him shall he entitled to travelling allowanees in respect of not more than six return journeys performed, during each 20 year, withiu india, at the same rates at which travelling allowances are payable to such ofticer under cla1llle (b) of sub-sedlon (1)' in respect of tours referred in in that elause explanation--for the puqlos8s of this sub-section, "retullll journey" means il journey from one place to another place and the ~ 5 return journey from such other place to the ftrst mentioned place' 5 in the principal act, after section'10, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-insertion of new section loa 'loa notwithstanding anything ·contained in the income-tax act, 1961, the value of rent free furnished residence (including 30 43 ot 1961 maintenance thereof) provided to an ofticer of parliament under sub-section (1) of section 4 shall not be included in the computation of his income chargeable under the head "salaries" under section 15 of the income-tax act, 1961' exemption from liability to pay income· tax on ccrtain per· quisites  received by an otftcer of parliametr  statement of objects and reasons this bill is complementary to the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament (amendment) bill, 1985 and the salaries and allowances of ministers (amendment) bill, 1985 ' 2 the bill seeks,-(a) to provide that the chairman of the council of states shall be entitled to a salary of seven thousand five hundred rupees !pel' mensem and that the other officers of parliament shall be entitled t~ a salary, daily allowance and constituency allowance at the same r~tes as a member of parliament; (b) to increase the amounts payable to officers of parliament· by way of sumptuary allowance and to exempt from income-tax the value of the official residence provided to an officer of parliammt; (c) to extend the facility of free travel in respect of six return journeys per year within india to one member of the family of an officer of parliament accompanying him on such journeys  3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects new dam; h k l bhagat the 19th december, 1985  financial me}40randumclause 2 of the bill seeks to amend section 3 of/the salaries and allowances of ojbcers of paru~t act, 1953 to increaae the salary of the chairman of the council of states from rs 2,250/- per mensem to rs 7,5001- per mensem it further seeks to provide for grant of daily allowances throughout the term and the constituency allowance at the rate of rs 1,2501- per mensem to each of the officers of parliament except the chairman, of the council of states - 2 clause 3 of the bill seeks to amend section s of the act to provide for the increase in the sumptuary allowance from rs 500 to bs 1,000 in respect of the chairman of the councll of states and the speaker and from rs 250 to rs 500 per month for the deputy chairman and the deputy speaker 3 clause 4 of the bill seeks to insert a new section for providing tor the facility of six return journeys in a year between any two places in india accompanied by anyone member of the family , 4 the above provisions would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india to the tune of rs 234 lakhs 5 the provisions of the bill will not involve any other expenditure either recurring or non-recurring  ex'rracts from the salard:s and ~wances of ofncibs of pablialirlent aer, ~(20 01' 1953) - - - - - salaries and daily allowances 3 a member shall be entitled to receive a salary at the rate of seven hundred fifty rupees per mensem during the whole of his term of office and subject to any rules made under this act and allowance at the rate of seventy-five rupees for each during any period of il"esidence on duty - - - - - - 5 (1) where a member absents himself for less than fifteen days during a session of a house of parliament or a sitting of a committee for visiting any place in india, he shall be entitled to receive travelling allowances in respect of such journey ·to such place and for the return joumey- travelling allowances tor intermediate journeya (4) if the journey is performed by rail, equal to one first class fare for each such journey irrespective of the c1b'ss in which the member actually travels;  (b) if the iourney is performed by air, equal to one fare by air for each such joumey: provided that such travelling bllowances shall not exceed the total amount of daily allowances which would have been admissible to such member under section 3 for the days of absence if he had not so remained absent:   provided further that nothing in the first proviso shall apply, if the member performs the journey by air for visiting any place in india-(a) not more than four times during a session lasting more than seventy-five days; (b) not more than twice during a session lasting for seventy-five days or less; and (c) not more than once during a sitting of the committee explanation-the provisions of clause (c) of sub-section (1) and of sub-section (2) of section 4 shall, so far as may be, apply to travelling allowances payable under this section as they apply tei travelling allowances payable under that section (2) where in any year a /member does not perform during any session any such journey as is referred to in the second proviso to subsection (1) 01' the number of such journeys performed by him during any session is less than the maximum specified in that proviso with respect to such session, then, such member shall be entitled to perform all or, as the case may be, the remaining number, of such journeys during any other session or sessions in that year, in addition to the number of journeys which he is otherwise entitled to perform under that proviso during such other session or sessions - - - - - a bill further to amend the salaries and allowances of ofbcers of p~lia:ment act, lb  i' '  (s'hri h k l b1wi41at, minister of parliamentary agairs am \ j tourism) 