EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, May 14: Surprising as it may seem in this land of freebies, the Vice President of India does not get a pension.
But the Lok Sabha rectified this today by passing a bill assuring future Vice Presidents of a pension, accommodation for life, free air and rail travel and a host of other benefits.
...Maqbool Dar, Minister of state for Home, said the measure was long overdue and members appeared to agree. Indeed, some members, including Satyapal Jain and T C Gehlot, both emphasised that the mere Rs 6,250 monthly pension and the Rs 6,000 per annum allocated for office expenses was too meagre in current times.
