Tripura governor to take Re.1 salary

AGARTALA - Tripura Governor Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil has announced he will take Re.1 as his monthly salary instead of Rs.110,000, an official said here.

“According to the governors’ emoluments, allowances and (privilege) act, 1982, the emolument to every governor is Rs.110,000 per month,” a Raj Bhavan official told IANS, not wishing to be identified.

He said : “On assumption of the charge of governor of Tripura, Patil has decided to accept payment of Re.1 per month as his emolument.”

Patil, 74, took his oath as Tripura’s 12th governor Nov 27.

The Maharashtra educationist, who has been awarded a Padma Shri and has founded several educational and health institutions in Maharashtra, replaced Dr Kamla Beniwal, the first woman governor of this northeastern state.

During the past one month he has visited many interior and tribal-dominated areas and taken personal initiative in implementation of different developmental projects.

“I shall do my best for the all-round development and welfare of Tripura and its people,” the governor said while interacting with the tribal people in north Tripura recently.

“The centre and the state have a common aim to flush out militancy from the northeastern states and promote smooth development of the region,” he observed.