Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and his 32 Cabinet Ministers will donate their one year salary to Covid-19 relief fund.

The Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) has issued this order based on Yediyurappa’s direction. The donation is with effect from May 1.

The salary money will be used for relief measures and other efforts to combat the second wave of the pandemic, which has wreaked havoc.

Last year also Yediyurappa had donated his one year salary towards containment and management of Covid-19. His monthly salary is Rs. 50,000.

Besides salary, the Chief Minister and Ministers get a sumptuary allowance of Rs. 3 lakh, house rent of Rs. 1 lakh, fuel allowance for up to 1,000 litres, conveyance allowance of Rs. 30 per km, Rs. 10 lakh for purchase of furniture, vehicle facility with a limit of Rs. 21 lakh, free telephone connection at home and office, daily tour and dearness allowance of Rs. 2,000 within the State and Rs. 2,500 for outside among other things.