There is no denying the fact that the Delhi legislators have limited powers are compared to their counterparts in the other states but if the proposed hike in Delhi MLA salaries gets cleared by the Assembly, it will catapult them to the top 5, along with states like Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat and J&K.

It is to be mentioned here that the proposed hike recommends that Delhi legislators' monthly salary be raised from the current Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 and the comparison of basic pay shows that MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh earn Rs 30,000 followed by Rs 21,000 by those in Gujarat and Rs 20,000 by those in J&K.

It may be noted here that this comparison does not include perks like daily allowance, constituency allowance, office expenses and conveyance allowance.

While Andhra MLAs gets a mere Rs 5,000 as basic salary, they get the highest constituency allowance (Rs 35,000), there are places like Kerala, Mizoram and West Bengal that give laptops to legislators as a part of office expenses.

However, the hike is still subject to pass several hurdles and there are many industry watchers which are not in favor of the proposed hike.