by Maleeha Sofi Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

SRINAGAR: A House Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has recommended a significant hike in the salaries, allowances, and pensionary benefits of sitting and former legislators, marking the first such revision in eight years. The report, presented in the House on October 27, was drafted under the chairmanship of the BJP’s Surjit Singh Slathia and supported by members from across political parties. The committee has proposed that the revised package take effect retrospectively from November 1, 2024.

If approved, the 90 lawmakers of the Union territory Assembly will end up doubling up their packages and taking home no less than a million home in arrears.

The panel was constituted in March 2025

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