The Indian selection committee is in for a financial windfall with the Committee Of Administrators (CoA) approving a hike in their salaries by ₹30 lakh, and that of the chief selector by ₹20 lakh. MSK Prasad, the former India wicket-keeper batsman, is the head of the selection committee comprising of three members, with Devang Gandhi and Sarandeep Singh, both former India internationals, rounding up the panel.
A report in the Times of India stated that “it was decided the remuneration of the members of the selection committee be increased to ₹90 Lakhs per annum (from ₹60 Lakh per annum), while the chairman of the panel will now get ₹1 Crore (from ₹80 lakh per annum).”
The Supreme-Court appointed CoA, had back in May also approved a 100 percent hike in the match fees and daily allowances of curators, umpires, match referees, scorers and video analysts.
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The earlier amendments in the fee structure will also extend to the junior selection committee with the chairman of the panel now set to receive ₹65 lakh per annum, while the compensation of the members also has been increased to ₹60 lakhs per annum. Meanwhile, the salaries of the women’s selection committee to have been increased, with the members now getting ₹25 lakh per annum, and chief elector set to receive ₹30 lakh per annum.
The report also cited the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) minutes stated, “the CoA was informed that before the above increase could be communicated to the selectors, some of them had approached the acting secretary (Amitabh Choudhary), seeking an increase in their remuneration.”
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It further added, “In view thereof, the acting secretary had asked Saba Karim (General manager of cricket operations at BCCI) for a comparative analysis of the increase in remuneration fee of team India’s support staff and (India A coach) Rahul Dravid since FY 2014-15. After going through the same, the acting secretary had recommended a further increase of approximately 70%.”
The recent recommendations come in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to relax some of the key reforms made by Justice Lodha committee.
