Parliament on Monday approved three-fold increase in the monthly salary of the President, Vice-President and state Governors with the Rajya Sabha returning the bills.

While the President will get Rs 1.50 lakh per month, it will be Rs 1.25 lakh for the Vice-President and Rs 1.10 lakh for the Governors. The four bills have already been approved by the Lok Sabha.

The President and Vice-President will also be entitled to a pension of 50 percent of their salaries. The revision in salary and pension will come into effect from January 1, 2006.

At present, the President gets a monthly salary of Rs 50,000, the Vice-President Rs 40,000 and Governors Rs 36,000.

In addition, former Presidents will also be entitled to a mobile phone, internet and broadband connection and an additional private secretary and peon. The office maintenance expenses will be raised from Rs 12,000 to Rs 60,000 per annum.

The spouses of deceased Presidents will also be entitled to furnished residence, secretarial staff, car, telephone and travel facilities.

In case of former Vice-Presidents, the bills seek to provide additional staff and office maintenance expense of Rs 60,000 per annum, up from existing Rs 12,000. The spouse of the deceased Vice-President too will be entitled to a furnished accommodation.