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Odisha MLAs join top-paid legislators after 211% hike

December 11, 2025

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Hindustan Times Gurugram

The Odisha assembly on Tuesday passed legislation raising MLA salaries and allowances by approximately 211% —a quantum leap that vaults the state's legislators to the highest-paid ranks nationally , even as the state lags several others in terms of minimum wages for workers.

- Debabrata Mohanty

Odisha MLAs join top-paid legislators after 211% hike

The push for revision came from across party lines.

(PT)

Odisha’s decision seems to have united political adversaries but divided public opinion.

Four separate bills, passed without a single dissenting voice, increased monthly emoluments of MLAs from ₹1.11 lakh to ₹3.45 lakh, that of CMs from ₹98,000 to ₹3.74 lakh, of ministers from ₹97,000 to ₹3.58 lakh and Speakers from ₹97,500 to ₹3.68 lakh effective retrospectively from June 2024.

The salary of Odisha MLAs were last hiked in 2017.

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