With the approval of the president, the ordinance will come into force immediately NEW DELHI : New Delhi: President of India Thursday gave his assent to an ordinance to effect a 30% salary cut of all parliamentarians including the Prime Minister.

With the approval of the president, the ‘Salaries and Allowance of Ministers Ordinance 2020’ as it is known as come into force immediately, according to a gazette notification.

The union Cabinet on Monday had announced to send an ordinance to the president to cut salary of ministers, and parliamentarians by 30% for a year to step up financial resources in the current covid-19 crisis.

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