Acceding to the unanimous demand of members of UP Assembly, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced to hike Vidhayak Nidhi (MLA Local Area Development Fund) from the present Rs 2 crore to Rs 3 crore.
Along with Rs 2 crore, an additional Rs 40 lakh was also paid for GST but the Chief Minister did not clarify whether the GST amount would also be revised. 
The Vidhayak Nidhi was last revised from Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 2 crore in June, 2018.
A rare unanimity was witnessed in the Assembly on Wednesday when MLAs cutting across party lines, demanded an increase in their salaries and Vidhayak Nidhi. The MLAs demanded that their salary and allowances be linked to inflation index as was the case with state employees.
On the demand for the hike in salary and allowances, Yogi suggested that a Joint House Committee headed by Finance Minister Suresh Khanna be set up to look into the matter after inviting suggestion from all parties and their leaders.
The CM also asked Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit to set up a committee to suggest ways and means for peaceful, smooth and constructive debate and discussion in the House.
“This House needs healthy and constructive discussions for speedy development of the state,” he said.
Yogi also appealed to legislators to inform the government about development of their constituency so that it could be published in a magazine on the occasion of the third anniversary of the government on March 15.
The CM also announced that like previous year, the government could hold special session on different occasions this year too.
In 2019, three special sessions were held, including one on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
“Opposition members boycotted the special session on sustainable development goal, which they are now repenting,” he said. 
Yogi thanked the members and Assembly employees and officials for their cooperation during the session.
Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit also thanked the members and others but leader of the opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary did not speak on the occasion nor did other opposition members.