Odisha assembly raised MLA salaries by 211%, making them the highest-paid in India, amid public concern over low minimum wages for workers.

The Odisha assembly on Tuesday passed legislation raising MLA salaries and allowances by approximately 211 %—a quantum leap that vaults the state’s legislators to the highest-paid ranks nationally , even as the state lags several others in terms of minimum wages for workers.

Odisha’s decision seems to have united political adversaries but divided public opinion.

Four separate bills, passed without a single dissenting voice, increased monthly emoluments of MLAs from ₹ 1.11 lakh to ₹ 3.45 lakh, that of CMs from ₹ 98,000 to ₹ 3.74 lakh, of ministers from ₹ 97,000 to ₹ 3.58 lakh and Speakers from ₹ 97,500 to ₹ 3.68 lakh effective retrosp

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