 statement of objects and reasonsthe joint committee on salary and allowances of members of parliament has made several recommendations for increasing the pension and existing facilities of members of parliament and ex-members of parliament it is proposed to implement the following recommendations as accepted by the government of india:— (i) a member of parliament may have a companion while performing air journey; so, however, that the air journey performed by the companion will he computed towards the existing ceiling of 16 single air journeys: (ii) relaxation of minimum period of membership for grant of pension and increase in pension for ex-members of parliament (a 65000 per mensem for each of membership up to 5 years ar rs 10000 per mensem for each additional year of membership beyond 5 years, the maximum ceiling being rs 225000 per mensem); - (iti) grant of pension as ex-member to be in addition to other pensions subject to 2 maximum ceiling of rs 500000 per mensem on all such pensions; (iv) free travel facility to ex-members of parliament for 6 return journeys by rail in ac-it tier or first class in a year 2 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects '  satya prakash malaviya new dehr; the 8th january, 1991 financial memorandumclauses 3 and 4 of the bill seek to amend various provisions of the act, to provide for increase in the amount of pension for ex-members of parliament, relaxation of the minimum period of membership for grant of pension and to provide for six free return journeys by rail in ac-it tier sleeper or first class, to ex-members of parliament 2 the above provisions would involve a recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india to the extent of rs 671 crores per annum approximately  3 the provisions of the bill will not involve any other expenditure either recurring or non-recurring  annexureextracts from the | salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament act, 1954 ' (30 of 1954) (@) every member shall be entitled to an amount equal to the fare by air for each single journey by air (other than a journey referred to in section 4 or the second proviso to sub-section (1) of this section or section 6c performed by him from any place in india to any other place in india during his term of office as such member: provided that no member shall be entitled to any payment under this sub-section in respect of any journeys in excess of sixteen performed by him during any year } explanation i—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 to travelling allowances payable under that section explanation ii—for the purposes of this section, "year" means,— (i) in the case of a person who is a member at the commencement of the salary, allowances and pension of members of parlialiament (amendment) act, 1985, the year beginning with such coramencement and each of the subsequent years; (i) in the case of a person who becomes a member after such commencement, the year beginning with the date on which his term of office as such member commences and each of the subsequent year 8a (1) with effect from the commencement of the salary and allowances of members of parliament (amendment) act, 1976, there shall be paid a pension of a five hundred rupees per mensem to every person who has served for a period of five years, whether continuous or not,— : } (i) as a member of the council of states; or (ii) as a member of the house of the people; or pension(iii) partly as a member of the council of states and partly as a member of the house of the people; or (iv) as a member of the provisional parliament; or (v) partly as a member of the provisional parliament and— (a) partly as a member of the council of states and partly as a member of the house of the people, or (b) partly as a member of the council of states or partly as a member of the house of the people: provided that with effect from the commencement of the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament (amendment) act, 1981, any person who has served as aforesaid for a period which falls shor! of five years by not more than sixty days, shall also be paid a pension of five hundred rupees per mensem: provided further that where any person has served as aforesaid for a period exceeding five years, there shall be paid to him an additional pension of fifty rupees per mensem, for every year in excess of five: provided also that every person, who has served for any period as a member of the provisional parliament and who is not entitled to any pension under the foregoing provisions of this sub-section, shall, with effect from the commencement of the salary, allowances and pension of members of parliament (amendment) act, 1985, be entitled to a pen sion of five hundred rupees per mensem | i explanation 1—for the purposes of this sub-section "provisional parliament" shall include the body which functioned as the constituent assembly of the dominion of india immediately before the commencement of the constitution } explanation 2—where in any general election held for the purpose of constituting a new house of the people, poll could not be taken in any parliamentary constituency or anv part thereof on the date originally fixed under clause (d) of section 30 of the representation of the people act, 1951 on account of snowfalls or other weather conditions of an extreme nature in such constituency or part thereof or on account of such constituency or part thereof being inaccessible for any reason, the member elected to such house from such constituency shall be deemed, for the purposes of this sub-section, to have served as member for such house from the date of publication under section 73 of the safd act, of the notification relating to such house | '      (3) where anv person entitled to nension under sub-section (1) is also entitled to anv pension from the central government or anv state government or any corporation owned or controlled by the central government or any state government or any local authority, mmder 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-section; and , | (6) 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 persons 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: provided that any pension (whether known as swatantrata sainik samman pension or by any other name) received by such person as a freedom fighter shall not le taken into account for the purpose of this sub-section and such person shall be entitled to receive such pension in addition to the pension to which he is entitled under subsection (1) (4) in computing the number of years, for the purposes of sub-section (1), the period during which a person has served as a minister as defined in the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 or as an officer of parliament as defined in the salaries and allowances of officers of parliament act, 1953 (other than the chairman of the council of states), or as a leader of the opposition as defined in the salary and al- jowances of leader of opposition in parliament act, 1977, or has served in allor any two of such capacities by virtue of his membership in the house of the people or in the council of states shall also be taken into account 1 }      