India News | Bengal Guv Approves Bill to Hike MLAs' Salaries

Kolkata, Oct 17 (PTI) West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday approved the MLAs' salary hike Bill, a source at Raj Bhavan confirmed.

Bose signed the West Bengal Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill, 2023 on Tuesday afternoon and sent it to the state secretariat, he added.

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The Bill was introduced in the assembly during a day-long session on Monday.

On September 7, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced that salaries of MLAs will be hiked.

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Banerjee had, however, said there would be no revision in the CM's salary as she has not been drawing any pay for a long time.

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