Salaries and dearness allowance of Deputy Ministers.

(1) There shall be paid to the Deputy Minister 25 per cent. more basic salary per month than the basic salary payable to a Member of the Assembly by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Members’ Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960. (1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), there shall be paid to the Deputy Minister 30 per cent. less basic salary per month for a period of twelve months commencing from the 1st April, 2020. (2) There shall be paid to the Deputy Minister during the whole of his term of office per month the dearness allowance on the amount of the basic salary referred to in sub-section (1) at such rate as is being paid to the employees of the State Government from time to time.