Saw on a newsgroup...
(All figures are in INR)
Monthly Salary : 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000
Office expenditure per month : 14,000
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : 48,000 (for a return visit to Delhi: 6000 km)
Daily bhatta during parliament meets : 500
Travel in I class A/C train: free (for any number of times all over India )
Travel in Business Class in flights : free for 40 trips / year (with wife or P.A.)
Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : free
Electricity costs at home : free up to 50,000 units
Local phone call charge : free up to 1,70,000 calls.
Total expense for an MP per year: 32,00,000
Total expense for 5 years: 1,60,00,000
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : 8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 cores)
...and they are elected by the people of India through a largest democratic process in the world :-(
