In UP, income tax for CM and ministers is paid by the treasury, since 1981

The law was passed by VP Singh in 1981 because the ministers were poor and could not afford to pay taxes with their meagre salaries

The Uttar Pradesh state government exchequer has been paying the income tax of all the chief ministers and ministers since 1981, reports Times of India. A law, Uttar Pradesh Ministers' Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Act 1981, passed by then Chief Minister VP Singh, stated that since the ministers were poor and had meagre salaries and could not afford to pay the tax. It should be noted that UP is one of the poorest states in India.

Since then UP had 19 Chief Ministers and over 1,000 minsters. A section of the Act says, “Every minister and minister of state shall