Interesting Read

There is always a feeling in India that Indian lawmakers seem to be overpaid in view of the absolutely slow pace of work they are so accustomed to. It appears as if it takes forever for files to move from one place to another. However, as today's chart of the day highlights, Indian lawmakers are also way overpaid as opposed to other countries when one considers the ratio of their salaries to the GDP per person in India. As highlighted, salaries for Indian lawmakers are nearly 8 times higher than India's GDP per person. This contrasts with the 2-4 times GDP per person that lawmakers in rich countries get paid. Of course, there is a lot of income inequality in India and hence the higher ratio for India some would argue. However, try linking these salaries to the performance of law makers and may be it will be hard to justify even the current level of salaries.