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NEW DELHI:  The empowered group of ministers has exempted MPs from paying toll on all National highways. 

There is no exemption for the common man. However, the Parliamentarians are not the only beneficiaries of this largesse. All MLAs will be exempt from paying toll while travelling on highways within their own states. 

Their official as well as personal vehicles will benefit from this exemption.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mps-mlas-exempted-from-paying-toll-on-national-highways-418462

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he MPs, habituated to enjoying loads of freebies, have just gifted themselves another one.

While you will stop your car at every toll plaza - as usual - and cough up the road taxes, the elite lawmakers from now on won't have to pay a paisa on national highways, even if their travels are of unofficial nature.

There is, however, no exemption for the common man, in whose name the UPA-II had roared into power last year.

Our MPs enjoy a slew of perks such as TA/ DAs, free accommodation, free phones, free air travel for themselves and their spouses.

On top of it, Parliament is planning to give huge salary hikes to the MPs through a bill to be brought in the monsoon session.

Ironically, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who was at the forefront of an austerity drive last year, himself decided to make the MPs guests on the highways.

He heads an empowered group of ministers including deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and roads and highways minister Kamal Nath. The group took the decision to make road travel for the MPs free on Wednesday.

However, the parliamentarians are not the only beneficiaries of this largesse. All MLAs/MLCs will be exempt from paying tolls while travelling on highways within their own states. Both their official and personal vehicles will benefit from this exemption. 
The only saving grace is that the accompanying vehicles for the MPs and MLAs/MLCs will have to pay the toll tax.

"The exemption is announced only for one vehicle, belonging to the MP or the MLA in a convoy,'' according to sources. The move has, expectedly, drawn flak. IAS officer-turnedsocial activist Aruna Roy said: "I think that the MPs and MLAs are already a privileged class. I don't see why they should get extra privileges. They adjudicate on all such issues themselves. Attention is not given to the poor; they are not willing to honour minimum wages even under the NREGA. I think we need a more egalitarian system to decide on access to privileges."

The roads and highways ministry has not made any estimation of what this freebie will cost them.

But the move to levy tolls on MPs and MLAs has only been in force from December 2008, when the ministry announced a new toll policy. Sources said, prior to this, MPs and MLAs did not pay taxes at all.

"A decision was taken to levy tolls on their vehicles also, but since then, there has been severe pressure within Parliament, demanding that this decision be revised. So much so, that highways minister Kamal Nath had to tell the Rajya Sabha that the toll will be revised," sources said.

Not all MPs, however, seem excited with this freebie. CPM Rajya Sabha MP Tapan Sen said: " Why should MPs and MLAs be exempted? We are all getting our payment as decided by Parliament. Why should there be further concessions?'' Sen said the issue had been discussed discussed in the committee of public utilities. He said the committee was told that MPs and MLAs had to pay taxes on all buildown- transfer routes because the concessionaires were private.

"I have paid toll tax several times. Instead of giving us exemption from tolls, the government should have actually considered the extended periods of toll collection that these concessionaires are given. When they can recover costs and make a healthy profit in five to six years, why are they being given 20- year contracts?" the CPM MP asked.

The group of ministers also cleared other decisions including downward revision of tolls on bypasses and a higher ceiling limit for tolls on two- lane roads.

It also set up a mechanism to resolve disputes between NHAI and private concessionaires, where up to Rs 10,000 crore is stuck.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/mps-wont-pay-toll-anymore-74662-2010-05-20

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37 minutes ago, TDP_2019 said:

Vaallu aapithe oka saari rule cheppali, Vinakapothe kattesi tarvatha complaint cheyyali. Adi paddathi. Anasavaramaina godava pettukunte CC Cameras untayi, leni poni penta

idhi evaro kavalani leak chesaru le. thanu aina padathi gaane matladaru ga?

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4 minutes ago, choudarya said:

Bloody... we should fire these ministers. Shameless fellows no self respect. We do all hard work and they are taking it for granted spoiling party image.

Toll gates lo vunde vallu Kavalani chestaru. When rule is there why they are stopping.  

Ex: neeku oka valid coupon vachindi cinema ki vella tanaki but theater vadu even though nuvvu ticket tesukovali ante argue chestava leka na daggara money vundi ani ticket tesukontaraaa?

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4 minutes ago, Suresh_Ongole said:

Toll gates lo vunde vallu Kavalani chestaru. When rule is there why they are stopping.  

Ex: neeku oka valid coupon vachindi cinema ki vella tanaki but theater vadu even though nuvvu ticket tesukovali ante argue chestava leka na daggara money vundi ani ticket tesukontaraaa?

Toll gate vallu cheppedi kuda valid ga ne vundi ga. MLA sticker vunnantha matrana toll free kadu. Car lo MLA vuntene toll free ani. 

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11 minutes ago, swarnandhra said:

Toll gate vallu cheppedi kuda valid ga ne vundi ga. MLA sticker vunnantha matrana toll free kadu. Car lo MLA vuntene toll free ani. 

Then why did they argued with

 Chintamani when he is in car

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11 minutes ago, rama123 said:

Then why did they argued with

 Chintamani when he is in car

I think the issue then was, MLA in the car but no sticker on the car 😀

Chintamaneni guntur district lo toll operator ki telisivundaka povacchu ga. aayana thanu MLA ni ani cheppina nammalsina avasaram ledu, mana daggara khaddar vesukunna prati okkadu MLA emi kharma minister level feel avutuntaru vine vadu vunte minister ne ani cheptaru. entha mandini nammutaru. 

I believe the exemption applies to MLA personal (registered) cars only. Aaayana friend car/taxi lo veltunte exemption ivvalsina avasaram ledu. 

Chintamaneni behavior that day was better than those toll gate operators. Chintamaneni :super:

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First of all ninna idi jarigindi Telangana lo. 2nd MLA sticker meeda date kuda expire ayyipoindi. Toll gate staff pointed out these 2 things and told her they cannot give exemption for other state people.

still pure g balupu 

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MLA cars lo MLA undalani ekkada rasundhi. MLA cars MLA avasaranike tiruguthayi kadha? Moreover, she is also in politics and representing Pulla Rao in some matters or others. MLA may send his vehicle to pick some one or some other purposes. Does it mean he is using it for his own purposes? Of course, he can also use it for his own purposes as their personal cars are also favoured.

Law lo exact ga emi undhi?

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