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The cut in salary would save the State exchequer1536 crore for one year.
The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to slash 30%monthly incomes and allowances of MLAs, MLCs and Ministers, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker for one year, in the wake of increasing COVID-19 cases.
The cut in income would save the State exchequer1536 crore for one year.
A decision to this result was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister B S Yediyurapp