President of India gets Rs. 30000/-. In 1950 Dr RP used to get Rs. 10000/- and Cabinet Ministers pay was Rs. 1500/- (all pm). In due course. Now Cabinet Minister's get about 60K and MPs get about 50K. President's salary got frozen in time.
In India no President has been ever accused of any corruption charges. It's the minister's and officials who are regularly in news for these malaises. Low salary can be one cause, more than that I think the expenses legislators incur in elections. As soon as they get a ministerial berth, the focus is to recover the money with a buffer for next election. The officials regularly has to contribute. For example, in Assam as I know from reliable sources; MVIs, DTOs, Rangers, excise, Sales tax officials, industry officials. police officers, DIs, SIs etc. have monthly amounts to be given to respective bosses. So corruption is institutionalized. MP and MLAs have their local area development funds, where the going rate can be 15-25%. Money is extracted in awarding contracts, govt. jobs and it has become a routine to by pass merits even in state civil services. 'bahira haat' is an added feather for an would be groom. On 10/25/07, Jyotirmoy Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the main reason of corruption in Indian politics is probably > low wages. > I am not sure, what the President, Vice President or PM of the > country earn but I think it will be between 40,000 - 100,00 rupees/ > month. According to a 2000 report I read, the Vice President of India > gets about 40,000/mnth. For such a post, is the salary inline with > the position held? A grad/ pre-grad working in a call centre in India > will earn 15k+/month. What would be the official salary of other Govt > officers would be anyone's guess. > > I have been told the President of Singapore gets Sing$3 milion/yr ... > probably highest in the world . The Premier of Western Australia gets > in upwards of $200,000/yr. When people are paid so high, obviously > the tendency to earn more from corrupt practices also lessens. > > Probably increasing the salaries of Govt officers and making it at > par with some of the developing countries would be a step in the > right direction to root out corruption. After all they(the > politicians) have probably one of most difficult jobs in the World- > to rule a country as diverse as India. If the bosses are honest, the > tendency is for subordinates to follow in the same steps. > What say, Netters? > > JS > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >
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