Droupadi Murmu was elected as the 15th President of India, she is the first triable women President of the country. The total number of valid votes is 3219 with a total value of 8,38,839; Out of this, Droupadi Murmu got 2161 votes a value of 5,77,777. Yashwant Sinha got 1058 votes of the value of 2,61,062, informs PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha. Droupadi Murmu had crossed the 50 percent mark of total valid votes at the end of the third round of counting, set to become the next president of the country.
She succeeded Ram Nath Kovind and also became the first tribal leader to hold the top constitutional post in the country. Murmu was pitted against the Opposition’s candidate pick Yashwant Sinha, who has now congratulated her on the victory.
Here are the salary and benefits of the President in India
- The salary of a President in India is 5 lakh per month.
- After retirement, the President gets a pension of rupees 1.5 lakh.
- The president gets free housing and medical facilities.
- The president also gets ₹1 lakh annually for office expenditures.
- President of India gets official residence in Rashtrapati Bhavan which has 340 rooms under 2,00,000 square feet.
- The President gets free traveling facilities anywhere in the world.