Tripura governor Patil to draw token salary of Re 1

Tripura Governor D.Y. Patil has announced that he will draw Re 1 as his monthly salary instead of his allocated salary of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Tripura Governor D.Y. Patil has announced that he will draw Re 1 as his monthly salary instead of his allocated salary of Rs 1.1 lakh.

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Patil, who hails from the Maharashtra, took oath as the governor of Tripura on November 27.

An educationist, the 74-year-old Patil is the founder of DY Patil University that runs several engineering, medical and other colleges in Navi Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur.

It also runs hospitals in Navi Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur.

Patil has also served on several education-related bodies of the Centre as well as Maharashtra government.“In all my appointments on government bodies so far, I never took salary or just took token salary. I am just maintaining that tradition,” Patil told Hindustan Times on Friday.

“According to the Governors’ Emoluments, Allowances and (Privilege) Act, 1982, the emolument to every governor is Rs 1.1 lakh per month. However, the governor has decided to accept Re 1 per month as token remuneration,” said a Tripura Raj Bhavan official.

Patil said he was preparing plans for the development of the Northeastern state. “In the past few days after I took over, I travelled across the state to find out what problems the people were facing. I would soon work out a plan for development of the state.”