Parliament alone can decide on lawmakers` pension: FM
(WorldNews India)

NEW DELHI: As members in Rajya Sabha expressed reservations over Supreme Court`s reported remark about pension to former lawmakers, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that Parliament alone has the authority to approve the way public money is to be spent and it alone can legislate on how much pension MPs can draw. `It is an unquestionably clear constitutional position that public money can be spent only after authorization of Parliament. Therefore, only the Parliament can authorise...