| Font Size |
She also gave her assent to another law that will hike the monthly salary of vice-president M H Ansari's salary from Rs 40,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh per month.
The hike comes a year after the Cabinet considered a proposal seeking an increment to the salary of India’s First Citizen and enhancing post-retirement benefits for former Presidents and Vice-Presidents.
Earlier, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had taken a decision to rationalise the salaries.
The hike comes close on the heels of government announcing a bonanza for its employees by implementing the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission report under which a secretary at the Centre will draw Rs 80,000 a month.
Immediately after the hike was announced, President Pratibha Patil contributed a month's salary to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund towards the relief and rehabilitation of those affected by Bihar floods.
The salary of President, which was fixed at Rs 10,000 in the Constitution, was gradually raised to Rs 50,000 a month in 1998 with effect from January 1, 1996.
Almost everything that the President does or wants to do is taken care of by the annual Rs 22.5-crore budget that the Government allots for his upkeep.
Discuss this story on expressindia forums
|
|
It makes me remember when HH APJ Abdul Kalam paid for the personal releatives attended him, as reported by his staff. When Kalam refused to take a flower from the presidential garden saying its national property. Still he uses his old age time even educating and brightening the life of the future of the nation at Anna University. Distributing his staff among civil depts. which was unsuable to him. Taking only two rooms when he was alloted twenty..Prez should be a role model for the nation.. NOT AN EMPLOYEE RISING HER OWN SALARY..The Legend who made the country proud was Abdul Kalam. YET HE HOLDS THE RECORD OF MOST VISITS WITH PUBLIC IN THE INDIAN HISTORY...HATS OFF FOR ABDUL KALAM SIR. From the start current president has a remark on some court cases. The President Should be a cleanchit based person, not a clean cheat person..Shame on the Government for wasting money of the nation on such a foolish act...if someone deserves the pay hike its APJ ABDUL KALAM
plz send me all salary satement in term of money in indian for preparatiobn of cat exam
thats why we havent progressed as a nation.shes accused of corrupt practices and now she gets a 300/ hike just plain bullshit.mr narashimraju is corrrect the pay hike for govt servants is just 30 percent but for these wastes 300 percent.
What a shame to India when crores of people are starving and President and Vice President are having all the facilities, should they require salary? Are they called employees. They themselves must think and learn SERVICE, SACRIFICE and PATRIOTISM and not to be told by comon persons. This is why poverty and crimes are increasing at an alarming rate in the country. Politicians join politics mainly to loot the country and not for service and sacrifice. B S GANESH
It is only pocket money or TIPS for her at Rs 1.5 lacs per month. She has an additional nearly TWO CRORES PER MONTH AS SPENDING MONEY. Do we, THE PUBLIC not have any SAY IN THE MATTER? Looks like The PRESIDENT IS THE MODERN SUPER SUPER MAHARAJA/ MAHARANI - ALOMOST LIKE GOD ruling over BHARATH !!
All those, who are writing against president's role. I strongly request you to please educate yourself on president's day to day operations
This is Gandhi loyalty advantage. She has not declared her assets-which she should have done voluntarily in reality.-The NDA govt. objected to her presidential post but the Shiv Sena created trouble in BJP-Sena alliance in support of a Maharashtrian president. The police was investing the involvement of her husband and brother in the (though unrelated) murder of a teacher. Thus to an extent her character has tainted already. She said she would not be a rubber stamp president. And yet she has rubber-stamped (OKEYED) her OWN salary to the tune of 300%. I am sure ex-president Abdul Kalam would not have rubber stamped this sort of salary.
The posts of President and Vice-President should be made honorary. They are not elected by the people directly and it is an honor to be given the post. Plus they have NO expenses. it is a free ride for them and their families. So what is this nonsense about increasing their pay? Call me, I'll be President for free.In any case, I am just as good or even better than this non-entity we have now.
I am sincerely amazed as to why the posts of President and Vice-president and the likes carry even a salary. With the huge number and amount of benefits that these posts carry, I can only be disappointed to hear of the 300% rise ! It would be great if the government realised the contribution of the armed forces rather and look at ways to improve and encourage them by one possible way of increasing their salary.
The position of Presiden and The VP in India should be honorary, no pay to them as they do nothing as such; specially a president like her who can raise personal salary 300%, a shameless president, should be dragged down by public to the street. And the political party, who has appointed this kind of rubbish candidate, who thinks for her own benefit in this crucial moment of the nation should be punished by the public.
Its a shame!!!!! Such a waste of tax payers money. All the money
Every ten years the pay commission is constituted for hiking the salries for the central Govt Employees. When the salaries are raised by 20% to 30% there is hue and cry i.e Armed forces who are fighting for the nation , guarding the frontiers.Whereas there is no commission required for raising the salries of President VP, and CJI .HC SC judges . This is India . See the increase in salries and the percentage of hike , whose money ?. It is high time this country must be brought under military rule.
These are the wrong democracy adversaries, for a population of 1 billion people no body knows who's goig to be next PM or President, those 550MP's will elect some spineless leader, but care taker may be foreigner who may enjoying dynasty and as a interim to dynsty, she choosed one leader but he dont have any powers to take is own decisions. Along with spineless leaders, they elected another soft lady as a president. If you look at her experience and qualifications, no body in India has better than her experience
Donating a months salary by Pratibha Patil for flood relief is no big deal.She and her family has looted millions of rupees of grants and misappropriated poor peoples money in their cooperative banks and other welfare schemes
Pratibha patil was listening to voices from the soul of a dead baba of rajasthan, before she became the president. Now Baba may have asked her to have more salary so that she can help set up a shrine for baba. so what is the problem guys?
Never trust politicians who are always try to plunder the peoples money by hook or bycrook in the name of post. People in India suffering without even a meal and why shouldthis lady needs this much of money for no reason when everything is provided by thegovernment and she needs money only for the food,. oh this much, poor peoplesmoney and its time for her to reconsider this increment and draw a reasonable pay.
She is in the chair to loot the country
A rubber stamp will cost only Rs.15.This money can feed millions who does not have even half a meal a day.All political babus find easy way to pump poor mans money to their acccount.Jai Hind
What is the need of president and vice president post in Hindustan?, what activities they do during day time? We people are stupid and nonsense, paying our hard earned money as income tax to this impotent govt.Our money being wasted.
what a use of power!!! Does she deserve even the league of great people like A.P.J Abdul Kalam or Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Why does the president of India needs so much money? Is she having trouble in managing her house financially? And our ignorant masses are just doing nothing to put an end to such petty politics
Was her excellency aware what she was signing. Rubber stamp is Rubber Stamp.
She deserves all these money for her hardwork..Dont get jealous guys.
Hardwork? What exactly is the "work" she has been dude apart from flying around her extended family members in state paid jet trips?? Compare this female with Kalam. Used to bill himself for all personal expenditure. And was at least doing something worthwhile by making village trips, meeting poor children and encouraging them to educate themselves. Compare him with this burden from top to bottom who, even after all her expenses paid by the Indian tax payer wants three time more salary when the common Indian is struggling to keep his job.
Whose boot are you licking? She is not the president of Congress. She is the president of India. Do you know that there are thousands of Indians who earn more money in private circle jobs.
Raj-- Please dont become blind and support congress and our dummy president.
My Kaamwali has also hiked her salary by 300% this month, and has reduced her work by 300% too. What a coincidence!
ALL THE MORE REASON TO ABOLISH THE CEREMONIAL POSTS OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT ETC. THE UPKEEP OF THE RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN MUST BE A REAL HEAVY ONE. THE RULERS IN DELHI MUST BE BLIND NOT TO REALIZE THAT THESE POSTS AND THE RESIDENCES ARE A HEAVY DRAIN ON THE EXCHEQUER. PLEASE, PLEASE REDUCE THIS EXPENSE!!!!
And that too in these times of melt down and recession!!!!!!!!! I expect the Prez to say "No Thanx" especially when most of the salaried are expecting very little or no increment this year.