State

Income Tax for Ministers

June 30 , 2024 12 hrs 0 min 35 0

Madhya Pradesh cabinet has decided that state ministers will have to pay their Income Tax, instead of the state government bearing such burden.
They strike off the 1972 rule, under which the state government was paying the Income Tax on the salaries and perks of ministers.
There are other states that have in the past amended provisions exempting ministers from paying tax.
In 2019, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet decided to amend the law that exempted the Chief Minister and other ministers from paying their own income tax.
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet had in 2022 also said that all ministers and MLAs would pay their own income tax.