The State Assembly of Tamilnadu passed a Bill (Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries Act, 1951).
It was to give effect to the announcements made by the erstwhile AIADMK regime last year.
The Bill was introduced by Minister Duraimurugan (holding legislature portfolio) in the House
On March 24 last year, the then Chief Minister Edappadi Palani Samy announced that the lump sum allowance payable to the family of an MLA would be enhanced from ₹2 lakh to ₹5 lakh.
He announced that the pension payable to former MLAs and former MLCs would be enhanced from ₹20,000 to ₹25,000.
The family pension payable to the legal heir of the deceased MLAs and MLCs would be enhanced from ₹10,000 to ₹12,500
A Bill to repeal a law on contract farming enacted during the previous AIADMK regime was also introduced.
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion and Facilitation) Repeal Bill was introduced.
The Tamil Nadu’s contract farming and services legislation of 2019 was based on a model Bill then mooted by the Centre.