<p>Delhi MLAs will soon draw Rs 90,000 per month as salary and allowances with the central government approving the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation's proposal for a pay hike from the current Rs 54,000, the AAP said on Friday.</p>.<p>The Centre's approval to the Delhi government's proposal came after about seven years, AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said.</p>.<p>The MLAs will get the revised salary and allowances only after the matter gets the nod of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and a notification is issued by the government, he said.</p>.<p>"This will be placed before the Delhi Assembly," he told a press conference at the party headquarters.</p>.<p>The proposal was pending before the Centre for seven years, he added.</p>.<p>"The Delhi MLAs have been getting the lowest salary in the country," the AAP leader said.</p>.<p>At present, he said, the MLAs in Delhi get altogether Rs 54,000 per month -- Rs 12,000 as salary and the remaining as various allowances.</p>.<p>"After the revision, the monthly salary will be Rs 30,000. Along with the allowances, it will be Rs 90,000 per month," he said.</p>.<p>After the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) formed its government in 2015, it brought a bill in the Assembly to raise the salary of the legislators. The bill was later sent to the Centre after it was passed by the assembly.</p>.<p>In August last year, the Arvind Kejriwal government approved a proposal to increase the salary and allowances of the MLAs by 66 per cent as suggested by the Centre, but expressed discontent that they were still among the lowest-paid legislators in the country.</p>.<p>The proposal to increase the existing monthly salary and allowances of the legislator from a total of Rs 54,000 to Rs 90,000 was approved by the Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Kejriwal.</p>.<p>The Kejriwal government had requested the Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) that the salary and allowances of Delhi MLAs should be at par with those from other states.</p>.<p>The salary and allowances of Delhi MLAs were last revised in 2011.</p>
<p>Delhi MLAs will soon draw Rs 90,000 per month as salary and allowances with the central government approving the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation's proposal for a pay hike from the current Rs 54,000, the AAP said on Friday.</p>.<p>The Centre's approval to the Delhi government's proposal came after about seven years, AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said.</p>.<p>The MLAs will get the revised salary and allowances only after the matter gets the nod of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and a notification is issued by the government, he said.</p>.<p>"This will be placed before the Delhi Assembly," he told a press conference at the party headquarters.</p>.<p>The proposal was pending before the Centre for seven years, he added.</p>.<p>"The Delhi MLAs have been getting the lowest salary in the country," the AAP leader said.</p>.<p>At present, he said, the MLAs in Delhi get altogether Rs 54,000 per month -- Rs 12,000 as salary and the remaining as various allowances.</p>.<p>"After the revision, the monthly salary will be Rs 30,000. Along with the allowances, it will be Rs 90,000 per month," he said.</p>.<p>After the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) formed its government in 2015, it brought a bill in the Assembly to raise the salary of the legislators. The bill was later sent to the Centre after it was passed by the assembly.</p>.<p>In August last year, the Arvind Kejriwal government approved a proposal to increase the salary and allowances of the MLAs by 66 per cent as suggested by the Centre, but expressed discontent that they were still among the lowest-paid legislators in the country.</p>.<p>The proposal to increase the existing monthly salary and allowances of the legislator from a total of Rs 54,000 to Rs 90,000 was approved by the Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Kejriwal.</p>.<p>The Kejriwal government had requested the Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) that the salary and allowances of Delhi MLAs should be at par with those from other states.</p>.<p>The salary and allowances of Delhi MLAs were last revised in 2011.</p>