Salaries of MLAs and Ministers in Kerala are very low considering responsibilities of work they do; Social media post getting attention

Disaster management expert Muralee Thummarukudy said that the salaries of MLAs and ministers in Kerala are very low considering the responsibility of the work they do. He responded in this regard through a Facebook post.

Muralee Thummarukudy's response was by sharing a report from a national media about the salaries of MLAs in each state. It is not clear when this report was released.

According to a report in the national media, Jharkhand is the state where people's representatives are paid the highest salary. Kerala is the state where people's representatives are paid the lowest according to those figures. The salary is seventy thousand rupees in Kerala. He noted that the salaries of MLAs and ministers in Kerala are very low considering the responsibilities of the work they do.

Full version of the Facebook post

Salary of MLAs

It has been said before as well

The salaries of MLAs and Ministers in Kerala are very low considering the responsibilities of the work they do. The salaries of the representatives from the state which are far ahead of the national average in terms of per capita income and economic growth, should also be increased proportionately.