Kerala Assembly clears salary hike for MLAs: Minimum pension of former MLAs raised to Rs 10,000

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29 (UNI) The Kerala Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a Bill to enhance the salaries and allowances of ministers and MLAs, besides increasing pensions for former legislators, approving a revision eight years after the previous hike in 2018. The monthly remuneration of MLAs will increase from Rs 70,000 to Rs 98,000, while that of ministers will rise from Rs 1.08 lakh to Rs 1.33 lakh, according to reports on the revised pay structure. The minimum monthly pension of former legislators will go up from Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000. The legislation was passed without dissent from the…