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The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha has begun today. On the first and second day, the MPs elected in the recently held Lok Sabha elections will take oath as MPs. After this, they will become official members of the House. There are many MPs who will take oath as MPs for the first time. As soon as they become MPs, public representatives will start getting facilities like MPs and they will become special among the common people.
How many MPs will take oath for the first time?
Most of the MPs who have reached the Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha are first-time MPs. Let us tell you that 52 percent of the MPs in the House will take oath as MPs for the first time. There are a total of 280 MPs. There are 45 MPs from Uttar Pradesh alone who have reached the Parliament for the first time. Whereas 33 MPs from Maharashtra have been elected for the first time.
How will life change?
For the first time, elected MPs will be a part of the House from today and will be able to avail the facilities provided by Lok Sabha members. In such a situation, let us know what facilities will be available to the MPs from today.
You will get many perks
After being elected as an MP, members are usually given many allowances including salary, travel facilities, medical facilities, accommodation, telephone, pension, etc. As per the changes in salary and allowances on May 11, 2022, MPs are paid Rs 1 lakh. Apart from this, they get Rs 2000 per day as allowance for sitting at home. Apart from this, travel facilities are provided to Members of Parliament to attend House sessions, committee meetings, etc. For this, MPs are given travel money to and from the session. If an MP is absent from a session for less than 15 days, he gets travel allowance.
What facilities are available for travel?
Apart from this, MPs get the facility of free travel in the first class coach of the railway for some journeys and there are some rules regarding the family as well. In this, family members also get concession on some journeys. At the same time, steamer facility is given to the MPs of Andaman Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. There are many conditions for exemption regarding travel, according to which MPs get exemption. Along with this, every MP also gets money for his office expenses. According to the official website, each MP is given Rs 20,000, Rs 4,000 for stationery, Rs 2,000 for letters and money for staff. At the same time, each MP is given two fastags for toll exemption, one for Delhi vehicles and one for vehicles of their area. This will allow them to travel without toll. Also, MPs get access or protocol to many places, where the common man is kept away.
Benefit in daily allowance
Overall, an MP gets Rs 1 lakh as salary, about Rs 70 thousand as constituency allowance, about Rs 60 thousand as office expenses and daily allowance. Apart from this, travel allowance, housing and medical facilities are given separately. MPs are allotted accommodation on the basis of their seniority. Let us tell you that those MPs who are ministers among these get different facilities.
What are the pension rules?
If we talk about pension, an MP gets a pension of Rs 22,000 per month and some facilities for every session, no matter how many days an MP remains an MP. If he remains an MP in the second session, he gets pension for the next session as well.
