Constitution of India · Part VI: The States · Powers, privileges and immunities of State Legislatures and
Article 195: Salaries and allowances of members
In plain words
Members of a State Legislature receive salaries and allowances fixed by the State Legislature by law. Until then, they received what members of the Legislative Assembly of the corresponding Province received just before the Constitution began.
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Official text
Members of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council of a State shall be entitled to receive such salaries and allowances as may from time to time be determined, by the Legislature of the State by law and, until provision in that respect is so made, salaries and allowances at such rates and upon such conditions as were immediately before the commencement of this Constitution applicable in the case of members of the Legislative Assembly of the corresponding Province.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.