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Notifies revised rates for Constituency Allowance, Office Expense Allowance, and Furniture Monetary Ceiling for Members of Parliament, effective April 1, 2023.

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This notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Joint Committee of Houses of Parliament, announces increases in allowances and the monetary ceiling for furniture for Members of Parliament. Effective from April 1, 2023, these revisions, based on the Cost Inflation Index, impact Constituency Allowance (increased to Rupees eighty seven thousand per month), Office Expense Allowance (Computer Literate Person: Rupees fifty thousand, Stationary Items: Rupees twenty five thousand per month), and Furniture Monetary Ceiling (Durable: Rupees one lakh, Non-durable: Rupees twenty five thousand). These changes are made in accordance with relevant rules under the Members of Parliament Acts and Rules, following consultation with the Central Government.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27032025-262001 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 161] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025/CHAITRA 6, 1947 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT (Joint Committee Of Houses Of Parliament) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025 G.S.R. 196(E). In pursuance of rule 2 of the Members of Parliament (Constituency Allowance) Rules, 1986 read with clause (f) of sub-section (3) of section 9 of the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954), the Joint Committee, after consultation with the Central Government, hereby notifies the increase in the Constituency Allowance for Members of Parliament with effect from the 1st April, 2023 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961), as under :- +-----+------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | S. No. | Head | Existing Rate with effect | Revised Rate with effect | | | | from 1st April, 2018 | from 1st April, 2023 | +-----+------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | 1. | Constituency Allowance | Rupees seventy thousand per | Rupees eighty seven | | | | mensem | thousand per mensem | +-----+------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ [F. No.LAFEAS-MSA012/1/2025-MSA] DHIRAJ KUMAR, Jt. Secy. NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025 G.S.R. 197(E). In pursuance of sub-rule (2) of Rule 3 of the Members of Parliament (Office Expense Allowance) Rules, 1988 read with clause (f) of sub-section (3) of section 9 of the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954), the Joint Committee, after consultation with the Central Government, hereby notifies the increase in the Office Expense Allowance for Members of Parliament Parliament with effect from the 1st April, 2023 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961), with effect from the 1st April, 2023, as under :- +-----+---------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | S. No. | Head | Existing Rate with effect | Revised Rate with effect | | | | from 1st April, 2018 | from 1st April, 2023 | +-----+---------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | 1. | Office Expense Allowance | Rupees forty thousand per | Rupees fifty thousand per | | | | mensem | mensem | | | (i) Computer Literate Person | | | | | (ii) Stationary items | Rupees twenty thousand per | Rupees twenty five | | | | mensem | thousand per mensem | +-----+---------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ [F. No. LAFEAS-MSA012/1/2025-MSA] DHIRAJ KUMAR, Jt. Secy. NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025 G.S.R. 198(E). In pursuance of first proviso to sub-rule (3) of rule 2 of the Housing and Telephone Facilities (Members of Parliament) Rules, 1956 read with clause (f) of sub-section (3) of section 9 of the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954), the Joint Committee, after consultation with the Central Government, hereby notifies the increase in the Monetary Ceiling for Furniture for Members of Parliament with effect from the 1st April, 2023 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961), as under :- +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | S. No. | Head | Existing Rate with effect | Revised Rate with effect | | | | from 1st April, 2018 | from 1st April, 2023 | +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | 1. | Monetary Ceiling for Furniture (one | Rupees eighty thousand | Rupees one lakh | | | time during tenure) | | | | | (i) Durable | Rupees twenty thousand | Rupees twenty five thousand | | | (ii) Non-durable | | | +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ [F.No. LAFEAS-MSA012/1/2025-MSA] DHIRAJ KUMAR, Jt Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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