Salaries and Allowances of Ministers

(1) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and to each of the other Ministers who are members of the Governor’s Council of Ministers, a salary of Rs. 30,000 per mensem and, subject to such maximum limit, as may be prescribed, a house rent of such sum per mensem as the Public Works Department of the State Government may, from time to time, fix with reference to the prevailing rate of rent for the house the Minister occupies in the City of Chennai; but the house rent shall not be paid to any Minister if he occupies a house provided by the State Government free of rent. (2) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and to each of the other ministers who are members of the Governor’s Council of Ministers, a compensatory allowance of Rs. 15,000 per mensem. (3) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and to each of the other Ministers who are Members of the Governor’s Council of Ministers.- (a) a contingency allowance of Rs. 10,000 per mensem; and (b) a constituency allowance of Rs. 25,000 per mensem.