A friend has sent me a mail with the following text:
Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP)
Monthly Salary : 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000
Office expenditure per month : 14,000
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : 48,000 (For a visit to Delhi & return: 6000 km)
Daily BETA during parliament meets : 500
Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train : Free (For any number of times) (All over India)
Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)
Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : Free
Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units
Local phone call charge : Free up to 1,70,000 calls.
TOTAL expense for a MP per year : 32,00,000
TOTAL expense for 5 years : 1,60,00,000
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : 8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 cores)
And they are elected by THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, by the largest democratic process in the world, not intruded into the parliament on their own or by any qualification. This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities……. Think of the great democracy we have………….
MY VIEW:
AND THESE “HONORABLE” MPs DEMAND TO REDUCE THE SALARIES OF CEOs OF VARIOUS COMPANIES WHO, IN MY OPINION, ARE THE REAL NATION BUILDERS. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT TODAY ITS NOT THE GOVERNMENT BUT THE VARIOUS INDIAN COMPANIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INDIA GROWTH STORY.
IT WAS THE PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT BROUGHT TELECOM REVOLUTION BY THEIR INNOVATIVE SERVICES AND STRATEGIES, IT WAS THE EFFORTS AND INNOVATIONS BY THE PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT BROUGHT THE BANKING REVOLUTION, IT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES THAT HAS BROUGHT A TURN AROUND IN THE INDIAN JOB MARKET AFTER PATHETIC CONDITIONS TILL MID AND LATER 90s.
JUST AFTER INDEPENDENCE THE CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS WERE FORMED WITH THE PROMISES OF PROVIDING ELECTRICITY, WATER, INFRASTRUCTURE, RESERVATION FOR JOBS AND EDUCATION AND ALSO BETTER MEDICAL FACILITIES, NOW TODAY WHATS THE SCENARIO, IT HAS NOT AT ALL CHANGED, EVEN BY A SMALL DEGREE. THE CONGRESS PARTY WHICH I THINK HAS RULED FOR MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF INDEPENDENT INDIA’S AGE, IS STILL ASKING VOTES FOR SAME AGE OLD BASIC CITIZEN NEEDS, IT IS STILL SURVIVING ON THE AGE OLD POLL AGENDAS LIKE RESERVATION, ELECTRICITY, INFRASTRUCTURE ETC. THIS IS AGAIN PROVEN IN THE VERY NEW POLL CAMPAIGN “BHARAT NIRMAN”, WHICH GIVES CREDIT FOR TELECOM REVOLUTION ETC TO THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT.
