Times of India ( 21 Feb ) carries following news report
:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday
agreed to examine a plea seeking a permanent mechanism to fix and revise the salary
and allowances for MPs and MLAs, saying lawmakers increasing
their own salary raised an "important ethical and legal issue" that
needed adjudication.
The court was referring to the February 14 judgment delivered by a bench headed by Justice Chelameswar for compulsory disclosure of poll candidates' sources of wealth and favouring disqualification of lawmakers from legislative bodies if they amassed disproportionate assets. Senior advocate Ajit Sinha, appearing for the Centre, said the issue of setting up a permanent body to fix MPs' salary was under the government's consideration, and sought two weeks to take a stand.
The court adjourned
the hearing and asked the Centre to take a "categorical" stand on the
issue. The bench will also examine whether pension and allowances like
unlimited free train travel, for former MPs and MLAs are justified.
In absence of “ Job Description “
and “ Performance Criteria “ for our MPs
/ MLAs , what should be the basis of
such a SALARY FIXING
SYSTEM ?
I believe , it would have to be a system based on BEHAVIOURAL criteria
Other important features should be as follows :
·
There should be no need for any permanent
Body to do this ( like Pay Commission ? )
·
Entire process ( of re-calculation of
salary ) should be transparent and visible to all on Lok Sabha web site
·
The process should be unbiased /
un-prejudiced / as objective as
possible, with minimum human intervention
·
The process should continuously monitor the
behavioural
aspects of each MP / MLA – and do
so automatically , depending upon data received from different kinds of devices
/ media / Service Providers etc , such as :
# Live recording
of Lok Sabha TV
# CCTV
grabs ( through Skydio R1 drones ? ) /
Skype Video Calls
# Voice
Recordings ( Mobile – Landline audio logs ) / Speeches by MP / MLA
# Public
Appearances / Engagements
# News-paper
accounts
# Mention on Social Media
# Own web site / Twitter Postings
# Appearances on TV Channels / Panel Discussions
# History of Google searches
# Usage of Mobile Apps – Messaging Apps -
Mobile Wallets – E Com Sites
·
Salary Fixing Formula itself should have a FIXED PAY component and a VARIABLE
PAY component
·
Fixed Pay should be fixed for May 2019 when
next Lok Sabha gets constituted . This should be frozen at 50 % of what the MPs
/ MLAs are getting currently
·
Formula will calculate the Variable
Pay for each month ( starting June 2019 ) and deposit it
automatically in the bank account of MP / MLA by 10th of each month
·
Variable Pay itself will get calculated (
automatically , without human intervention ) based on FACTORS , as described below
The FACTORS will carry following “ Weightages “ in the formula :
# Internal
Positive Factor ( IPF ) ………………………..
25 %
# Internal Negative
Factor ( INF ) ……………………
25 %
# External
Public Domain ( EPD )…………………….
25 %
# External
Citizen Evaluation ( ECE )……………….. 25 %
Monthly Variable Pay (
MVP ) formula may have following expression :
MVP %
= { ( IPF ) - ( INF
) } X EPD
ECE
INTERNAL FACTORS :
Internal Positive Factor ( IPF ) :
·
Hours attended as percentage of hours Lok
Sabha worked in month
·
No of questions asked by MP
·
No of debates participated in
·
No of bills introduced on his / her own
·
No of visits to own constituency undertaken
·
No of meetings attended ( in committees
where he / she is a member )
·
Percentage of MP-LAD funds utilized
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Internal Negative Factor ( INF ) :
·
No of times rushed into well of the house
·
No of times shouted
·
No of times threw papers on speakers
·
No of times carried placards into house
·
No of times admonished by the Speaker
·
No of times expelled from house
·
No of times found in Canteen while Session
was on
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External Public Domain ( EPD )
:
·
No of Bills Lok Sabha managed to pass
during the month
·
Police Record of MP / MLA concerned
·
No of court cases / FIR pending against the
incumbent
·
Whether Affidavits / Assets Declaration
filed and if contained false data
·
No of Directorship held in firms doing
business with the Government
·
No of Benami Properties held by members of
family
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·
External Citizen Evaluation ( ECE ) :
# Using a Mobile
App or directly on the Lok sabha web site ( once a quarter ) citizens
will be asked to rate , as many MPs as they wish , on following parameters
Such publicly visible
feedback would have a salutary effect on the behaviour of MPs / MLAs !
Is this MP ( who is being rated by you ) :
#
Honest.............................................. YES........NO
# Of high
Integrity................................. YES........ NO
#
Sincere.............................................. YES........ NO
# Hard-working
.................................... YES........ NO
# Punctual..............................................
YES....... NO
#
Dignified............................................ YES........
NO
# Follows Speaker's
Orders..................... YES........ NO
# Good Listener.......................................
YES......... NO
# Awaits his turn to
speak.......................... YES........ NO
# Asks only relevant
questions.................. YES........ NO
# Approachable to Voters..........................
YES....... NO
# Answers Voters' Emails promptly...............
YES...... NO
# Provides regular feedback to Voters .............
YES.......NO
# Addresses other MPs with
respect............... YES..........NO
SUBMIT
The amount of MONTHLY
VARIABLE SALARY payable to each MP / MLA will be
computed based on a PERCENTILE SCORE of the MP / MLA , among the entire
population and made to vary between :
·
0 % of the Basic Salary , for a score of less
than 33 percentile
·
25 %
of the Basic Salary , for score between 33 and 66
percentile
·
50 %
of the Basic Salary , for score above 66 percentile
All the calculation will be carried out by an ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE software of the type described in following
blogs . No human intervention !
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