EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 675, CUTTACK, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2018 / BAISAKHA 8, 1940

SECRETARIAT

OF

THE ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

NOTIFICATION

The 27th April, 2018

No.4581/L.A.—The following Bill which has been introduced in the

Odisha Legislative Assembly on the 27th April, 2018 is herewith published

under Rule 68 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the

Odisha Legislative Assembly for general information.

THE ODISHA MINISTERS’ SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES

(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018

A

BILL

FURTHER TO AMEND THE ODISHA MINISTERS’ SALARIES

AND ALLOWANCES ACT, 1952.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Odisha

in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Short title

and

commencement

.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Odisha Ministers’ Salaries

and Allowances (Amendment) Act, 2018.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st

day of January, 2017.

Amendment

of

section-4B.

2. In section 4-B of the Odisha Ministers’ Salaries and

Allowances Act, 1952 for the words “rupees one hundred and

fifty”, the words " eight hundred rupees", shall be substituted.

Odisha Act

20 of 1952.

2

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Daily Allowances of the Members of Odisha Legislative

Assembly has been raised from Rs.800/- to Rs. 1500/- w.e.f 01.01.2017

for attending Assembly Session or Committee thereof by recent

amendment to Odisha Legislative Assembly Member’s Salary,

Allowances and Pension Act, 1954, which covers Leader of Opposition,

Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip.

But the Daily Sitting Allowance of the Council of Ministers had

remained @ Rs.150/- since 1995.

Keeping in view the disparity, Daily Allowance of the Council of

Ministers

has

been

enhanced

from

Rs.150/-

to

Rs.800/-

w.e.f 01.01.2017.

The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.

(BIKRAM KESHARI ARUKHA)

MEMBER-IN-CHARGE

A.K. SARANGI

Secretary

Odisha Legislative Assembly

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