PERKS OF POWER

ENTITLEMENT OF CABINET RANK ~50,000

monthly salary, official accommodation, vehicle, unlimited fuel for official car, office staff, personal staff and telephones. The staff includes a stenographer, private secretary and peon. Given to senior adviser to CM Captain Amarinder Singh, Lt Gen TS Shergill (retd): Last pay drawn and same perks

ENTITLEMENT OF MINISTER OF STATE RANK ~40,000

monthly salary, official accommodation and camp office, official car, executive class air and train journey and phones. The staff includes a personal assistant, a driver and a peon. Given to media adviser, financial adviser and adviser to CM: ~1.5 lakh and same perks

POLITICAL SECRETARIES GIVEN NO RANK ~1.25

lakh pay, government accommodation or a rented house of up to ~50,000, official car, staff, phones. Staff includes senior-scale stenographer, a clerk and a peon.