Amid demands that MPs should not be allowed to decide their salaries, The government has proposed to set up a three-member panel to recommend pay and perks of lawmakers.

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has proposed a 3-member independent Emoluments Commission to recommend salaries and other allowances for the Members of Parliament.

The proposal is part of the agenda notes prepared for the two-day All India Whips Conference to be held at Visakhapatnam, next week.

"The setting up of an independent Emoluments Commission for recommending the salaries and allowances of the Members of Parliament will not only put to rest the public outcry and media criticism over MPs themselves deciding their salaries, it will also provide an appropriate opportunity to take into consideration the huge responsibilities and the important role they play in our representative democracy.