Union Budget 2025: Lok Sabha gets ₹903 crore, Rajya Sabha ₹413 crore
The Hindu
Union Budget allocates ₹903 crore to Lok Sabha and ₹413 crore to Rajya Sabha, with specific salary and allowance provisions.
Lok Sabha has been allocated ₹903 crore in the Union Budget, more than double the amount given to the Rajya Sabha.
A sizeable allocation — ₹558.81 crore of the total ₹903 crore — has been assigned to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, which also includes Grants in Aid to the Sansad TV.
Of the ₹413 crore allocated to Rajya Sabha, ₹2.52 crore have been assigned for salaries and allowances of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
The Budget for Rajya Sabha also has a separate allocation of ₹3 crore for the salaries and allowances of Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha and his secretariat. The Budget has also allocated ₹98.84 crore for members.
For Lok Sabha, ₹1.56 crore has been allocated for salaries and allowances of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, and there is no separate provision for the office of the Leader of the Opposition.
There was no Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha for 10 years as no Opposition party had the required numbers to be eligible for the post.
The Lok Sabha Budget allocated ₹338.79 crore for members. Lok Sabha has 543 members, while Rajya Sabha has 245.
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