New Delhi, July 19: Time and again, Parliamentarians have demanded a hike in their salary and this time has been raised by Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agrawal in the Rajya Sabha. Each Parliamentarian gets a monthly salary of Rs 50,000 during the whole term of office. Apart from salary, an MP gets a number of allowances every month like medical, housing, telephone facilities etc and for regulating the payment of daily and travelling allowances under The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954. Also Read - High-Voltage Political Drama in Rajya Sabha as Derek O'Brien, 7 Other Opposition MPs Suspended For a Week Over Unruly Behaviour

Here is the list of allowances enjoyed by an PM: Also Read - Monsoon Session LIVE: Opposition Meets President Kovind Over Farm Bills, Ask Him to Reject Legislation

Daily Allowance: If an MP signs the Parliament register every day, then he gets Rs 2,000 per day. Also Read - Farm Bills Passed in Parliament: Rajnath Assures Farmers With 'Mai Bhi Kisan' Response, Congress Says 'Black Day in India's Democracy' | Top Points

Constituency Allowance: An MP gets Rs 45,000 per month for work in his/her constituency.

Office Expense Allowance: An MP gets another Rs 45,000 per month to meet monthly meeting expenses. Out of it, Rs 15,000 is for stationery items and postage and Rs 30,000 is paid to the member engaged for secretarial assistance.

Travelling Allowance: A member is entitled to travel allowances when he/she is travelling for official duty from the usual place of residence to the place of duty and for return journey from such place to the usual place of residence.

By Rail: One free non-transferable First class AC or Executive class of any train pass. An MP is also entitled to one First class and one Second class fare. The spouse is entitled to travel in first class air-conditioned or executive class in all the trains with the member throughout the country.

By Air: One and one-fourth air fare of the airlines in which the member travels. Every member can avail 34 single air journeys during a year with spouse or any number of companions or relatives. The spouse/companion can travel alone eight times in a year to meet the member.

By Road: An MP is entitled to Rs 16 per km.

Accommodation

Each member is entitled to a rent free flat or hostel accommodation during his/her term of office. A member who request for a bungalow shall pay full normal licence fee if entitled to such an accommodation.

Members of Lok Sabha or their families can retain government accommodation for maximum period of one month after their term ends or resignation/removal or ceasing to be a member of Lok Sabha on payment of the same rent/licence fee, if any, which they were paying.

The family of a deceased member of Parliament may retain government accommodation for maximum period of six months from the date of death of a member on payment of the same rent/licence fee, if any, prior to the occurrence of aforementioned event.

Guest Accommodation: The guests of an MP can avail accommodation at Western Court Hostel, Janpath.

Other Facilities:

A member is entitled to have three telephone connections with 50,000 free local calls from each phone in a year which is collectively 1,50,000 free local calls in a year.

A member is entitled to two mobile phone connection of which one has to be on MTNL/BSNL network. The 3G facility is optional for members.

4,000 litre of water and 50,000 units of electricity is supplied free of cost every year at the government residence allotted to an MP.

An MP is entitled to same medical facilities as are available to the Class-I officers of Central Civil Services, under Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).

An member is entitled to get a loan of Rs 4 lakh for the purchase of conveyance.

For the purpose of income tax, the salary and allowances received by member are taxed under the head “income from other sources” and consequently, no income-tax is deducted at source. The daily allowance and constituency allowance are exempt from income tax.

Other facilities include washing of sofa covers and curtains every three months; and purchase of furniture not more than Rs 75,000.