The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Manipur) Act, 1972

(1) This Act may be called the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Manipur) Act, 1972. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the twentieth day of March, 1972.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires; (a) “Assembly” means the Legislative Assembly of Manipur; (b) “Council of Ministers” means the Council of Ministers of the Government of Manipur; (c) “family” in relation to a Minister means his wife residing with him and legitimate children residing with wholly dependent to him. Not more than one wife is included in a family for the purposes of this Act. If the Minister is a married woman, “family” will include her husband residing with her; (d) “Minister” means a member of the Council of Ministers, by what name called, and includes a Minister of State; (e) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act; (f) “travelling allowance” means allowance granted to a Minister to cover the expenses which he incurs in travelling in the interest of public service as against travelling in personal interest or for private purposes, such as journeys for rest or recoupment of health or for attending party meetings or for election campaign.

(1) There shall be paid,— (a) to the Chief Minister, a salary of Rs. 23,000/- per mensem; (b) to the Deputy Chief Minister, a salary of Rs. 22,000/- per mensem; (c) to each Minister, a salary of Rs. 22,000/- per mensem; (d) to each Minister of State, a salary of Rs. 21,000/- per mensem; (2) There shall be paid a daily allowance during the whole of his term to- (a) the Chief Minister, a sum of Rs. 1,500/- within the State and Rs. 2,500/- outside the State; (b) the Deputy Chief Minister and each Minister, a sum of Rs. 1,400/- within the State and Rs. 2,400/- outside the State; (c) the Minister of State, a sum of Rs. 1,375/- within the State and Rs. 2,300/- outside the State.

The Chief Minister shall be entitled to an entertainment (or sumptuary) allowance of Rs. 12,000/- per month, the Deputy Chief Minister and a Minister to an entertainment (or sumptuary) allowance of Rs. 11,000/- per month and a Minister of State to an entertainment (or sumptuary) allowance of Rs. 10,000/- per month to meet the entertainment expenditure incurred by the Minister.

Each Minister shall be entitled, without any payment to the use and maintenance of furnished residence throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, and so long as such residence is not provided, there shall be paid a compensatory allowances of Rs. 1500/- (Rupees one thousand five hundred) per month to a Minister, Rs. 1500/- (Rupees one thousand five hundred) per month to a Minister of State. Explanation: For the purposes of this section “residence” includes staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto and the garden thereof and “maintenance” in relation to a residence includes provision of electricity and water and also payment of local rates and taxes to the extent of rupees one hundred in the case of a Minister.

(1) (a) Each Minister shall be entitled to - (ii) the free use of a motor car or a jeep within a radius of 8 kilometers from the headquarters the cost on maintenance of which shall be borne by the Ministers. The cost on maintenance of a motor car or a jeep by the Ministers outside the radius of 8 kilometers in the interest of public service shall be borne by the State Government provided no travelling allowance shall be claimed by the Ministers for such tours. A log book shall be maintained for such journeys by Ministers for which cost of maintenance on conveyance is to be borne by the Government; (iii) The service of chauffeur. Explanation.- For the purpose of sub-clause (ii) of section 6 “maintenance” shall include the cost of petrol and oil, servicing, and other incidental charges and the first rupees fifty of every repair bill but shall not include expenditure on insurance and fees for registration and municipal taxes.

(1) Subject to the provisions contained in the Schedule, a Minister shall be entitled to - (a) travelling allowance for himself and members of his family and for the transport of personal effects of himself and his family- (i) in respect of journey to Imphal from his usual place of residence outside Imphal for assuming office; and (ii) in respect of journey from Imphal to his usual place of residence outside Imphal on relinquishing office; and (b) travelling and daily allowances in respect of tours undertaken by him in the discharge of his official duties, whether by land, steamer or air in addition to the daily allowance as specified under section 3. (2) When a Minister is on tour outside Manipur and where no facility of Circuit House or Dak Bungalow or Rest House is available, he shall be entitled upto in a Five-Star Hotel at the expenses of the State Government. (3) When a Minister is on tour outside India, he shall be entitled to draw Travelling Allowances and Daily Allowances as admissible to an Ambassador of the Government of India and such other facilities to which such an Ambassador may be entitled to stay in a Five-Star Hotel at the expenses of the State Government

A Minister and the members of his family shall be entitled free of charge to accommodation in hospitals maintained by the Government and also to medical treatment in accordance with the Medical Attendance Rules, as amended from time to time, applicable to a Class-I Officer serving in connection with the State of Manipur.

A Minister shall be entitled to a vehicle / housing loan upto a maximum of Rupees ten lakhs which shall be recoverable from his salary with interest by the Government during the term of his Ministership as may be prescribed: Provided that if a Minister ceases to be a Minister, the outstanding loan amount shall be recoverable from the salary receivable as a Member and the remaining balance, if any, from his pension.

No person in receipt of a salary or allowance under this Act shall be entitled to receive any sum out of the funds provided by the Assembly by way of salary and allowances to the members thereof.

The date on which any person become, or ceased to be, a Minister shall be published in the Official Gazette and any such notification shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that he become, or ceased to be, a Minister on that date for all purposes of this Act.

(1) The State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, make Rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such Rules may provide for,- (a) the allotment of furniture to the residence of a Minister for furnishing it; and (b) the grant of repayable Advance to a Minister for the purchase of a motor car. (3) Every Rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before the Assembly while it is in session for a total period of not less than fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and if before the expiry of the session in which it is laid or the sessions aforesaid, the Assembly makes any modification in the Rule or decides that the Rule should not be made, the Rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or amendment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that Rule. (4) Nothing in this section shall debar the State Government from making any rule with retrospective effect.

The Manipur Ministers (Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1964 is hereby repealed.