Centre Promulgates Ordinance To Reduce Salary Of MPs By 30% For One Year Amid COVID-19 [Read Ordinance]

The President of India promulgated on Wednesday the "Salary, Allowances & Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Ordinance 2020" to reduce salary payable to Members of Parliament by 30% for one year with effect from April 1, 2020, to raise resources to prevent spread of COVID-19.The Ordinance inserts sub-section (1A) in Section 3A of the "Salary, Allowances & Pension of Members...