Crores of rupees spent on salary allowances of MLAs disclosed in RTI, Uttarakhand is indebted to about 72 thousand crores
The way the honorable people are in Uttarakhand, there are government expenses, it is not realized far and wide that this is the same Uttarakhand, which is in debt of thousands of crores. This has been revealed through RTI. In Uttarakhand, Rs 100 crore has been spent on the government expenditure of MLAs in 21 years. You will be surprised to know that this situation is when Uttarakhand has a debt of about 72 thousand crores.
Crores spent on salary and allowances of MLAs
In the 70-seat assembly of Uttarakhand, the magnificence of the honorable is not less. 96 crore 42 lakh 29 thousand 105 rupees have been spent on the salary and allowances of the MLAs here in 21 years from the formation of the state till November 2021. The biggest thing is that 13 crore 45 lakh 45 thousand 875 have been paid to them, while 82 crore 98 lakh 93 thousand 230 allowances like constituency allowance, driver allowance, secretarial allowance and house rent allowance have been paid to them. Has been done. People are shocked by this RTI disclosure. Experts believe that there should be control over the royal expenses of the honorable people in the state which is sinking under the burden of debt.
This was revealed in RTI
In fact, an RTI was filed by RTI activist Nadeemuddin, in response to which the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Secretariat has provided this information. According to the RTI activist, he had sought year-wise information from the Public Information Officer of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly about the salary and allowances paid to the MLAs of Uttarakhand. In response to this, Hem Chandra Pant, Public Information Officer, Vidhan Sabha Secretariat, Uttarakhand informed that Rs 96.42 crore has been spent on the salary and allowances of MLAs in the state.
72 thousand crore debt on the state
This situation is when Uttarakhand has a debt of about 72 thousand crores and if this condition continues, then in the next 3 years this debt will reach close to Rs 1 lakh crores. The condition of the state is that the highest part of the budget goes on salary and pension. The total revenue of the state government, that is, 50 percent of the total budget is spent on salary and pension, and the MLA says that it is the discretion of the CM whether he reduces the expenses of the MLAs or not.
At the forefront of extravagance
Talking about extravagance in Uttarakhand, most extravagance happens. If we look at the figures of previous years, every time new lakhs of vehicles come for the officers and ministers. Small mountain states like Uttarakhand, which do not have much resources to collect revenue, but in spending wasteful, Uttarakhand tops the states of the country.
