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MPs get more and more
Parliamentarians are in luck's way. They are to receive increased fuel allowances and concessionary rates to purchase mobile phones.

Luckier will be the new MPs who will be entitled to import a duty-free vehicle next year, according to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Milroy Fernando.

He said the fuel allowance for MPs would also be increased because of the recent hike in fuel prices. They would also be allowed to buy a new mobile phone at a concessionary rate.

In addition, MPs would be given an allowance of Rs. 10,000 each for their personal staff, according to a decision taken at the party leaders' meeting. The allowance would replace free railway travel facilities given to the personal staff.

Meanwhile a Bill providing for a pension scheme for governors was presented in Parliament. A governor who has served for at least five years will be entitled to a monthly pension amounting to one third of his/her last salary.
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