Cost equal to three hundred litres of petrol per mensum, in lieu of conveyance allowance

Travelling and daily allowances of, and medical and other facilities to, members of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. Clause (ccc) of Section 12 of the Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances Act, 1956, provides for re-imbursement of air, or rail fare paid for the journey performed, subject to the maximum limit of Rupees ten thousand. In order to avoid inconvenience it is considered necessary to amend the said provision for payment of rupees ten thousand in two equal installments. Clause (ccc) of section 12 of the Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances Act, 1956, provides that every member and his companion shall be provided with one free non transferable pass to travel by the Karnataka Road Transport Corporation Transport Services in outside the State of Karnataka also. Subject to such conditions as may be determined by rules made under this Act,— (a) there shall be paid to the members of the Legislative Assembly and of the Legislative Council traveling allowance for journeys at the rate of thirty five rupees per kilometre irrespective of mode of journey subject to such conditions as may be prescribed or fixed traveling allowance rupees one thousand five hundred for each meeting in lieu of traveling allowance calculated on the basis of distance traveled in kilometers. (b) there shall be paid,— (i) to all members daily allowance for attending the meetings and for the prescribed number of days of holidays, intervals or absence between meetings at the rate of two thousand five hundred rupees per-diem within the State and three thousand five hundred rupees and seven thousand rupees per diem for stay in hotel or other registered establishment providing boarding and lodging at scheduled tariffs subject to production of bills and also two thousand rupees towards local transport per-diem outside the State in India; (ii) to all members daily allowance for two days before the commencement of meetings and for two days after the day of conclusion of the meetings; (iii) In respect of study tours abroad the T.A. claims of the members shall be regulated as per G.O.No. FD 3 SRA 2011, dated: 15.11.2011 as amended from time to time. (c) Every member or on ex-member and the members of his family who are residing with and are dependent on him shall be entitled,— (i) free of charge to such accommodation in hospitals and dispensaries maintained by the State Government or in hospitals or dispensaries notified by the Karnataka Legislature and to such medical attendance and treatment as may be prescribed; (ii) subject to rules made by the State Government to reimbursement of expenses incurred by him for medical attendance and treatment obtained at any other place. (iii) every ex-member who is in receipt of the pension under section 11A shall be entitled to fixed medical allowance of twenty thousand rupees per month, subject to the condition that the said amount shall be deducted in the medical reimbursement claim if any during the said month. (iv) Every person who is drawing family pension under section 11B shall be entitled to rupees ten thousand per month as fixed medical allowance. (cc) Every member of the Legislative Assembly and of the Legislative Council shall be entitled to receive in the prescribed manner, a sum of eighty thousand rupees per month as constituency Traveling Allowance (ccc) Every member including a Minister, a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister, a Chairman, a Speaker, a Deputy Chairman, a Deputy Speaker, a Leader of the Opposition and a Government Chief Whip and a Opposition Chief Whip shall, for every financial year, be entitled to receive in such manner and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed, a sum of rupees three lakh fifty thousand rupees in two equal instalments payable in the months of April and October for the purpose of travelling either single or with a companion in one or more journeys by air or by any class or by any railway in India. A member shall not be entitled to any travelling or daily allowance for such journeys. (d) members entitled to travelling allowance under clause (a) may, during the days of halt in the City of Bangalore, other than during the period when their attendance is required in connection with the meetings, be provided with fully furnished accommodation on payment of rent as specified by the Board from time to time (dd) members may during the days of halt in New Delhi be provided with accommodation in the Karnataka Bhavan on payment of such rates of rent as the State Government may, from time to time, by order, specify; (e) there shall be paid to the members of a committee, in respect of journeys undertaken by the committee,— (i) with the approval of the Chairman, where the committee is a committee of the Members of the Legislative Council only; (ii) with the approval of the Speaker, where the committee is a committee of the Members of the Legislative Assembly only; and (iii) with the approval of the Chairman and the Speaker, where the committee is a committee of members of both Houses, of the Legislature, travelling allowance for journeys by train and for journeys by road whether within the State or outside the State in India, at the rates specified in clause (a) and for journeys by air within the state and outside the state in India actual air fare shall be paid and for journeys by air outside the State in India at the rate of one and one-fifth times the single air fare paid for such journeys and such insurance premium as may be prescribed for insurance against accidents during such journeys by air and daily allowance of rupees fifteen per diem for the days of halt at any place within the State and at rupees twenty-five per diem for the days of halt at any place outside the State: Provided that where one-fifth of the single air fare payable under this clause exceeds rupees thirty, the amount so payable shall be limited to rupees thirty. (f) there shall be paid to a member who is the Chairman of any Committee of the Legislative Assembly or of the Legislative Council or of both in respect of journeys outside the State in India in connection with his duties as Chairman of the Committee,— (i) travelling allowance for journeys by train and journeys by road at the rates specified in clause (a) and for journeys by air at the rate of one and one-fifth times the, single air fare paid for such journeys: Provided that where one-fifth of the single air fare payable exceeds rupees thirty, the amount so payable shall be limited to rupees thirty; (ii) such insurance premium as may be prescribed for insurance against accidents during journeys by air; (iii) daily allowance at rupees twenty-five per diem; and (iv) such charges as may be prescribed towards transportation at the place of his stay for attending the conference of the Chairmen of such Committees. (g) a member including a Minister, a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister, the Chairman, the Speaker, the Deputy Chairman, the Deputy Speaker, a Leader of the Opposition and a Government Chief Whip and a Opposition Chief Whip shall be entitled to have a telephone installed at Government cost at the place of his choice. The expenditure in respect of initial deposit, installation and rental charges shall be borne by the State Government. Where a member has a telephone installed at his own cost at such place, the rental charges in respect thereof shall be borne by the State Government; (h) (i) one lakh ten thousand rupees per month towards meeting the expenditure incurred by him on telephone and cell phone calls, constituency allowances and postal charges; (ii) twenty five thousand rupees as the salary of the personal Assistant and the Room Boy of the Member in the discharge of his duties as a member. Explanation.—For the purpose of this section, „meeting‟ means a meeting of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council or of any committee of the said Assembly or Council or of both. In section 12 of the Principal Act,- (i) in clause (a) for the words “twenty five rupees” the words “thirty five rupees” shall be substituted. (ii) in clause (b) in sub-clause (i) for the words “two thousand rupees”, “two thousand five hundred rupees”, “five thousand rupees” and “one thousand five hundred rupees” the words “two thousand five hundred rupees”, “three thousand five hundred rupees”, “seven thousand rupees” and “two thousand rupees” shall respectively be substituted. (iii) in clause (cc) for the words “forty thousand rupees” the words “sixty thousand rupees” shall be substituted. (iv) in clause (ccc) for the words “two lakh rupees” the words “two lakhs fifty thousand rupees” shall be substituted. (v) in clause (h),- (a) in sub-clause (ii) for the words “forty thousand rupees” the words “sixty thousand rupees” shall be substituted. (b) in sub-clause (iv) for the words “ten thousand rupees” the words “twenty thousand rupees” shall be substituted. 13. Amendment of section 12.- In section 12 of the Principal Act,- (i) in clause (c),- (a) in sub-clause(iii) for the words “five thousand rupees” the words “twenty thousand rupees” shall be substituted.