Uttar Pradesh State Legislature Members and Ministers Comfort Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025

(1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh State Legislature Members and Ministers Amenities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2025.

(1) In the Uttar Pradesh State Legislature (Members' Emoluments and Pension) Act, 1980, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in Section 3,– (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "twenty five thousand rupees", the words "thirty five thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (b) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(3) The salary of members shall be increased after every five years commencing from 1st April, 2025 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to Section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act No. 43 of 1961)."

In Section 4 of the principal Act, for the words "fifty thousand rupees" the words "seventy five thousand rupees" shall be substituted.

In Section 5 of the principal Act,- (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "four lakh twenty five thousand rupees", the words "five lakh rupees" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2),– (i) for the words "one lakh rupees", the words "one lakh fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (b) of first proviso, for the words "twenty five thousand rupees", the words "the amount opted by him" shall be substituted; (c) in the fourth proviso, for the words "fifty thousand rupees", the words "one lakh rupees" shall be substituted.

For Section 10 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- "The railway coupons issued to a member or ex-member under this Chapter shall be valid for such period and every unused coupon shall be surrendered to the Secretary in such manner as may be prescribed and an amount equivalent to the value of such surrendered railway coupons shall be paid in cash to such member or ex-member."

In Section 15 of the principal Act,– (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "two thousand rupees", the words "two thousand and five hundred rupees" shall be substituted; (b) before the Explanation to sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :- Provided that if a member does not attend the sitting of Assembly or Council, as the case may be, on a day or more during a session or at any sittings of any Committee thereof, he shall not be entitled for the daily allowance admissible under sub-section (2) for the days of such absence. (c) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-"(2) Every member whether or not he holds any office referred to in clause (i) of Section 2 and the Leader of Opposition shall be entitled to daily allowance at the rate of two thousand rupees per day for the days during which he tours for the works in the service of the public and for which the allowance or incidental charges under sub-section (1) are not, may not be admissible."; (d) after sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- Provided that a member shall not be entitled to the daily allowance admissible under sub-sections (1) or (2) for the period of his confinement in a jail except the day of his discharge. (e) sub-section (3) shall be omitted; (f) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(4) The daily allowances mentioned in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be increased after every five years commencing from 1st April, 2025 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to Section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act No.43 of 1961)."

In Section 15-A of the principal Act, for the words "twenty thousand rupees", the words "thirty thousand rupees" shall be substituted.

In Section 18-A of the principal Act, in clause (a) for the words "thirty thousand rupees", the words "forty five thousand rupees" shall be substituted.

For Section 24 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely;– "(1) Every person who has served as a member of the Assembly or the Council for any period shall be entitled to a pension at the rate of thirty five thousand rupees per month throughout his life: Provided that where any person who has served as aforesaid for a period exceeding one term of whatever duration, he shall be entitled to an additional pension at the rate of two thousand rupees for every completed year in excess of one term: Provided further that where any person who has served as aforesaid for his first full term of six years as a member of Council, he shall be entitled to an additional pension of two thousand rupees i.e. a total pension of thirty seven thousand rupees per month: Provided also that in the event of dissolution of Assembly, the period from the date of dissolution of Assembly, till the date of first meeting of the new Assembly, shall be counted for pension purposes of a member who has been the speaker of the dissolved Assembly and has continued to be in office as such during the said period. Explanation- Where a person has served as a member of the Assembly or the Council for a term of six months and above and has not completed one year then such person shall for the purposes of calculating the pension, be deemed to have served as member for one year. (2) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section (1) is also entitled to any other pension, such person shall be entitled to receive the pension under sub-section (1) in addition to such pension. (3) The pension and additional pension to every person shall be increased after every five years commencing from 1st April, 2025 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act No.43 of 1961)."

In Section 26-A of the principal Act,– (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) If a sitting member dies during the tenure of his or her office, the spouse of such member or if such person leaves no spouse, his minor children or unmarried daughters shall be entitled to a family pension equal to pension otherwise admissible to the deceased member at the time of death or a pension of thirty thousand rupees, whichever is greater, for the lifetime of such spouse or till the minor children attain the age of majority and in case of daughters till they get married."; (b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(2) If an ex-member dies, the spouse of such ex-member or if such person leaves no spouse his minor children or unmarried daughters shall be entitled to a family pension equal to pension of such ex-member at the time of death or a pension of thirty thousand rupees, whichever is greater, for the life-time of such spouse or till the minor children attain the age of majority and in case of daughters till they get married." (c) after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided further that where more than one person becomes entitled for pension under sub-sections (1) or (2) all such persons shall draw the said pension in equal shares."

In Section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Ministers (Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981,– (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "forty thousand" the words "Fifty thousand" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2), for the words "thirty five thousand", the words "forty five thousand" shall be substituted.