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S.Korean President’s annual salary set at $202,815

The annual salary of South Korean President Moon Jae-in for 2022 was set at 240.6 million won ($202,815) as the Cabinet approved the personnel and management ministry’s pay raise plan for public servants on Tuesday…reports Asian Lite News

According to the plan, public servants will get a 1.4 per cent raise for their salary for 2022.

Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum will get an annual salary of 186.5 million won, while deputy prime ministers and chief state auditor will receive 141.1 million won next year, reports Yonhap News Agency.

S.Korean President’s annual salary set at $202,815

The annual salary of ministers was set at 137.1 million won, while that of vice minister level officials was set at 133.2 million won.

Despite the raise, the government said high-ranking officials and political service servants, including the President and the Prime Minister, will return the increased amount of their salaries to share the burden with people suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic, meaning they will receive the same wages they received in 2021.

For public servants, the government gave a 3.5 per cent pay raise for 2017, followed by 2.6 per cent for 2018, 1.8 per cent for 2019, 2.8 per cent for 2020 and 0.9 per cent for 2021.

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Meanwhile, the monthly wage for soldiers was raised 11.1 per cent, which means an Army sergeant will make 676,100 won per month.

The government also decided to double the medical service allowance for public officials caring for Covid-19 patients at national hospitals and institutions from 50,000 won to 100,000 won per month.

LS passes Bill amending higher judiciary’s salary, service conditions

He also said that as of now he cannot assure the Members to add up certain suggestions made by them without holding consultation with the Supreme Court and High Courts…reports Asian Lite News.

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed, by voice vote, the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021, which changes the salary and service conditions of the judges of the higher judiciary and provide an additional quantum of pension or family pension when they attain a certain age in accordance with a specified scale.

According to the Bill, the additional quantum of pension to retired judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court is being sanctioned on completing the age of 80, 85, 90, and 95 years, as the case may be.

In his reply to the debate on this Bill, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that he welcomed the suggestions made by the members during the debate on Tuesday and he will consider incorporating them after due consultation with the other stakeholders.

He also said that as of now he cannot assure the Members to add up certain suggestions made by them without holding consultation with the Supreme Court and High Courts.

Noting that the judiciary is equally important as other pillars of democracy as legislature and executive, the Minister also said that many retired judges and the Supreme Court Bar Association have expressed different views on the Collegium system and the National Judicial Appointment Committee, therefore, he will make wider consultation on these issues.

He also admitted that the staggering number of pending cases in various courts has to be addressed on priority basis.

Initiating the debate on the Bill on Tuesday, Congress’ Shashi Tharoor raised the issue of the retirement age of judges of the top courts. He also cited the alarming number of pending cases in the courts.

Trinamool Congress’ Kalyan Banerjee also raised the issue of case pendency, while BJP’s P.P. Chaudhary requested the government to revisit the process of appointment of judges.

YSR Congress Party’s V. Geethaviswanath, Shiv Sena member Arvind Ganpat Sawan, BSP’s Shyam Singh Yadav and others also participated in the debate.

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