Emoluments of the President, the
Vice President and Governors were raised by
300 per cent in 2008. The President's
emoluments were raised to Rs 1.50 lakh per
month from Rs 50,000. Similarly, the Vice
President will get Rs 1.25 lakh — a more than
three-time hike from the present salary of Rs
40,000. The salary of governors will also go up
from Rs 36,000 to Rs 1.10 lakh. The new
emoluments were approved at a meeting of the
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh. The CCEA also rationalized post-
retirement benefits to former Presidents, former
Vice Presidents and their spouses.