#THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 1952 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title. 
2. Definition. 
3. Salaries and daily constituency allowances. 
4. Residence of Ministers. 
5. Sumptuary allowance to Ministers. 
6. Travelling and daily allowances to Ministers. 
7. Medical treatment, etc., to Ministers. 
8. Advances to Ministers for purchase of motor-cars. 
9. Ministers not to draw salary or allowances as Members of Parliament. 
10. Notification respecting appointment, etc., of Ministers to be conclusive evidence thereof. 
10A. Exemption from liability to pay income-tax on certain perquisites received by a Minister. 
11. Power to make rules. 
12. Regularisation of certain payments. 
13. [Repealed.]. 



#THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 1952 

##ACT NO. 58 OF 1952 

[12th August, 1952.] 

An Act to provide for the salaries and allowances of Ministers. 

  BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:— 

1. **Short title.**—This Act may be called the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952. 

2. **Definition.**—In  this  Act,  “Minister”  means  a  member  of  the  Council  of  Ministers,  by  whatever 
name called, and includes a Deputy Minister. 

3. **Salaries and daily constituency allowances.**—(1)  Each  Minister  shall  be  entitled  to receive  a 
salary per mensem, and an allowance for each day during  the whole of his term as such Minister at the 
same rates as are specified in section 3 of the Salaries, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament 
Act, 1954 (30 of 1954) with respect to members of Parliament. 

(2) Each Minister shall be entitled to receive a constituency allowance at the same rate as is specified 
under section 8 of the said Act with respect to members of Parliament.

4. **Residence of Ministers.**— (1) Each Minister shall be entitled without payment of rent to the use 
of  a  furnished  residence  throughout  his  term  of  office  and  for  a  period  of one month immediately 
thereafter,  and  no  charge  shall  fall  on  the  Minister  personally  in  respect  of  the  maintenance  of  such 
residence. 

(2)  In  the  event  of  death  of  the  Minister,  his  family  shall  be  entitled  to  the  use  of  the  furnished 
residence occupied by the Minister— 

  (a) for a period of one month immediately after his death, without payment of rent and no charge 
shall fall on the family of the Minister in respect of the maintenance of such residence, and 

  (b) for a further period of one month, on payment of rent at such rates as may be prescribed by 
rules  made  in  this  behalf  by  the  Central  Government  and  also  charges  in  respect  of  electricity  and 
water consumed in that residence during such further period.

*Explanation.*—For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  “residence”  includes  the  staff  quarters  and  other 
buildings  appurtenant  thereto,  and  the  garden  thereof,  and  “maintenance”  in  relation  to  a  residence 
includes the payment of local rates and taxes and the provision of electricity and water. 

5. **Sumptuary allowance to Ministers.**— (1) There shall be paid a sumptuary allowance to each 
Minister at the following rates, namely:— 

(a)  the Prime Minister 				Rupees three thousand per mensem; 

(b)  every  other  Minister  who  is  a  member  of 
the Cabinet 						Rupees two thousand per mensem; 

(c)  a Minister of State 				Rupees one thousand per mensem; 

(d) a Deputy Minister 				Rupees six hundred per mensem.


(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the sumptuary allowance payable to each 
Minister under that sub-section shall be reduced by thirty per cent. for a period of one year commencing 
from the 1st April, 2020, to meet the exigencies arising out of Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic.

6. **Travelling and daily allowances to Ministers.**—(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf by 
the Central Government, a Minister shall be entitled to— 

  (a) travelling allowances for himself and the members of his family and for the transport of his 
and his family’s effects— 

     (i) in  respect  of  the  journey  to  Delhi  from  his  usual  place  of  residence  outside  Delhi  for 
assuming office, and 

     (ii) in  respect  of  the  journey  from  Delhi  to  his  usual  place  of  residence  outside  Delhi  on 
relinquishing office; and 

  (b) travelling and daily allowances in respect of tours undertaken by him in the discharge of his 
official duties, whether by sea, land or air. 

(1A) A Minister shall be entitled to an amount equal to the fare for a single journey performed 
by  him,  during  each  year,  within  India,  either  alone  or  along  with  spouse  or  legitimate  or  step 
children, residing with and wholly dependent on him, or any number of companions or relatives, at 
the  same  rates  at  which  travelling allowance is payable to such Minister under clause (b) of 
sub-section (1) in respect of tours referred to in that clause, subject to a maximum of forty-eight such 
fares per year: 

  Provided that the spouse or legitimate or step children residing with and wholly dependent on the 
Minister, as the case may be, may undertake such journey alone.

(2) Any travelling allowance under this section may be paid in cash or free official transport provided 
in lieu thereof. 

7. **Medical treatment, etc., to Ministers.**—Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the  Central 
Government, a Minister and the members of his family shall be entitled free of charge to accommodation 
in hospitals maintained by the Government and also to medical treatment. 

8. **Advances to Ministers for purchase of motor-cars.**—There may be paid to any Minister by way 
of  a  repayable  advance such  sum  of  money  as  may  be  determined  by  rules  made  in this  behalf  for  the 
purchase of a motor-car in order that he may be able to discharge conveniently and efficiently the duties 
of his office. 

9. **Ministers not to draw salary or allowances as Members of Parliament.**—No person in receipt 
of  a  salary  or  allowance  under  this  Act  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  any  sum  out  of  funds  provided  by 
Parliament by way of salary or allowance in respect of his membership of either House of Parliament. 

10. **Notification respecting appointment, etc., of Ministers to be conclusive evidence thereof.**—
The  date  on  which  any  person  became  or  ceased  to  be  a  Minister  shall  be  published  in  the  Official 
Gazette, and any such notification shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that he became, or ceased to 
be, a Minister on that date for all the purposes of this Act. 

10A. **Exemption  from  liability  to  pay  income-tax  on  certain  perquisites  received  by  a 
Minister.**—Notwithstanding anything contained in the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the value of 
rent free furnished residence (including maintenance thereof) provided to a Minister under sub-section (1) 
of section 4 shall not be included in the computation of his income chargeable under the head “Salaries” 
under section 15 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961).

11. **Power to make rules.**—(1) The Central Government may make rules to carry out the purposes 
of this Act. 

(2) Every  rule  made  under  this  Act  after  the  commencement  of  the  Salaries  and  Allowances  of 
Ministers (Amendment) Act, 1977 shall be laid before each House of Parliament and no such rule shall 
come  into  force  until  it  has  been  approved,  whether  with  or  without  modifications,  by  each  House  of 
Parliament and published by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.

12. **Regularisation of certain payments.**—All salaries paid or payable for the period commencing 
on the 14th day of May, 1952, and ending with the commencement of this Act to Ministers described as 
Ministers  of  Cabinet  rank  (but  not  Members  of  the  Cabinet),  all  charges  incurred  before  the 
commencement of this Act in respect of the accommodation provided in any hospital maintained by the 
Central Government for or on the medical treatment of any Minister or any member of his family and all 
payments  made  before  such  commencement  by  way  of  travelling  or  daily  allowances  to  any  Deputy 
Minister; shall be deemed to have been properly paid, payable or incurred or made. 

13. *[Repeal of Act 53 of 1947.]—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act,* 1957 (36 of 1957), s. 2 
*and the First Schedule (w.e.f.* 7-9-1957).