Chandravanshi Modi government increased MP's allowance amidst financial crisis in the country?

Chandravanshi Modi government increased MP's allowance amidst financial crisis in the country?

Claim

In the Corona era, the cutting of a newspaper on social media is viral between the ongoing inflation and economic crisis in the country. The head of the news printed in viral cutting is-

"Approval to increase MP's allowance"

Now people are targeting the Modi government for this cutting.

Facebook user Manoj Thakur while sharing viral cutting has written-

“The people of the whole country are upset due to inflation. Crying that there is no budget, many schemes were discontinued, and the Prime Minister of the country is giving approval to increase the allowance of MPs elected by the same people. My country is changing. "

Twitter user Amrish Tiwari has tweeted with viral cutting tagging PMO and Prime Minister Narendra Modi-

“Mr. Ji, when the salary allowance of MPs increases, why the salary of the employees does not increase. Even in such inflation, the DA of the employee was freezed and the minimum salary of the employee is 18000 ₹ month. Increase it to ₹ 26000 and apply old pension. "

All such claims are being shared on social media with this viral cutting.

The investigation

'The Lallantop' explores viral cutting. In our investigation, the viral cutting of the newspaper came out in March 2018. There was no decision to increase the allowance of MPs during the Corona period of 2020, which has not yet been decided.

Based on the heading of viral cutting, we searched. We got the whole news on the website of Hindustan newspaper. According to this news published on 1 March 2018, the Union Cabinet had decided to increase the allowance given to MPs every month. Among these allowances, money received for furniture, allowance for the constituency, allowance for office expenses was increased. The then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also said in the 2018 budget speech that a permanent system will be created for reviewing the salary of MPs every 5 years.

PIB, the nodal agency for government information, also informed about the decision to increase the allowance of MPs through a press release on 28 February 2018. (Archive)

After the commencement of the Corona period, the Government of India had reduced this allowance to MPs by 30% for one year. These cuts were made from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. Even then, the rumor was spread on social media that the Central Government has increased the allowance of MPs. The Lallantop, in its fact check of 28 April 2020, examined the fact that there was no increase in the MPs' allowance, while it was cut by 30% in view of the Corona period. Then a senior officer of the Lok Sabha office also told 'The Lallantop' on the request of anonymity-

“There has been a reduction in the total salary of MPs. There has been no increase of any kind. "

We did not get any information in media reports of any increase in the allowance of MPs in April 2020 till 31 March 2021.

Result

Viral cutting claiming to increase the allowance of MPs is being viral with misleading claims. The decision to increase the allowances of MPs was taken in 2018. During the Corona period, the allowance of MPs was cut by up to 30%. Recently, we did not get any report of increase in allowance of MPs.

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