Karnataka MLAs richest in India with Rs. 111 lakh income
New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS) : Most of the MLAs in Karnataka have the highest average income among their counterparts in other state Assemblies,with Rs. 111.14 per annum, an analysis of their affidavits shows.
According to the findings compiled by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), of the 224 Karnataka MLAs, 203 have the highest average annual income of Rs 111.4 lakh, followed by Maharashtra's 256 MLAs (Rs 43.4 lakh).
This is against the average annual income of 3,145 MLAs all over India, which is Rs. 24.59 lakh.
The affidavits of 941 MLAs did not declare their income, the report said.
At least 711 MLAs in the southern region have the highest average annual income of Rs 51.99 lakh, while 614 MLAs in the eastern region have the lowest Rs 8.53 lakh.
A total of 63 MLAs of Chhattisgarh Assembly have the lowest average annual income of Rs 5.4 lakh followed by Jharkhand's 72 MLAs with Rs 7.4 lakh.
Out of 3,145 MLAs analysed, 55 (2 per cent) have not given their profession in their affidavit, 771 (25 per cent) declared business as their profession and 758 (24 per cent) said they are agriculturist or farmer.
The ADR report said a number of 397 (13 per cent) MLAs, who have declared their profession as agriculture and business, have the highest average annual income of Rs 57.81 lakh.
"MLAs under real estate business and acting/filmmaking profession category each comprise only 1 per cent of the total MLAs analysed. Nevertheless they are among top four highest paid profession categories with average annual income of Rs. 39.69 Lakhs & Rs. 28.48 Lakhs," it said.
"Housewife, teacher, pensioner and lawyer are among the least paid profession categories," it said.
A number of 1,052 (33 per cent) MLAs, declaring their educational qualification to be between 5th to 12th pass, have an average annual income of Rs 31.03 lakh. "At least 1,997 (63 per cent) MLAs, graduate or above, have an average annual income of Rs 20.87 lakh.
A number of 139 8th pass MLAs have average annual self-income worth Rs 89.88 lakh, while those who have declared themselves to be illiterate have an average annual self-income of Rs 9.31 lakh.
A total of 1,402 MLAs, aged 25-50 years, have an average annual income of Rs 18.25 lakh and 1,727, aged 51-80 years, have Rs 29.32 lakh.
At least 11 MLAs, aged 81-90 years, have an average annual income of Rs 87.71 lakh whereas two MLAs, declaring their age above 90 years, have Rs 60.91 lakh.
Only 258 (8 per cent) MLAs are women, said the analysis. "On an average, a male MLA's annual self-income is Rs 25.85 lakh whereas for a female MLA, it is Rs 10.53 lakh."
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