Some time back there are was a lot of talk in the media and also in the general public about the hike in salary, perks of the elected representatives in the parliament, Yes, why not as it has gone up from 16,000 Rs/month to 50,000 Rs/month a staggering 300% increase. On one side the people are saying that there should not be any hike in the pay as they are already making a lot of money through various sources which is well known to everyone. On the other side there is a saying that if a person is paid well with a good salary then there are very chances that he will not indulge in corruption, his performance will improve and he will be more sincere and accountable towards the work.
My question to the policy makers and the parliamentarians is that why are we not talking about the increase in the salary/honorarium for the elected representatives of the PRI members. They are being paid very less and the expectations from them is very high, in delivering the various development programs/schemes. My experience in the field says that many of the PRI members (not all) are daily wage earners and to attend any meeting they have to loss the daily wage, in fearing of going to bed food less they are attending for work and giving a miss to the meetings which they are suppose to attend as a elected representative, because of this the corruption taking place and also the programs are not being implemented properly as they are not monitoring it regularly. If they are being paid well then there are very high chances that they will perform well.
We need to push in for increase in the salary/honorarium for the PRI members.
