See, this is the salary of ISRO Chief S. Somnath, Harsh Goenka tweeted the information.

S. Somnath Salary: India created history by landing Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface. India became the first country in the world to successfully land a lander module on the south pole of the Moon. The reins of this entire operation were in the hands of ISRO Chief S Somnath. This country can never forget his contribution in the success of Chandrayaan-3. After this mission S Somnath became the hero of the country. Everyone is curious to know about him. There is also a question in the minds of many people that how much salary would S. Somnath get? People are going to get the answer to this question today. We give you information about how much salary S.Somnath gets.

I get this much money every month

Let us tell you that the full name of S Somnath is Shridhar Parikar Somnath. According to the 7th Pay Commission, the salary of ISRO Chief is Rs 2.5 lakh per month. Apart from salary, the government provides them other facilities like house to live in, car for commuting. The government provides other facilities to the ISRO Chief. They get Y plus level security. His rank is not less than that of any IAS and IPS officer.

Chairman of ISRO, Somanath’s salary is Rs 2.5 lakhs month. Is it right and fair? Let’s understand people like him are motivated by factors beyond money. They do what they do for their passion and dedication to science and research, for national pride to contribute to their…

— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) September 11, 2023

Harsh Goenka tweeted

Country's veteran businessman Harsh Goenak has tweeted regarding the salary of ISRO Chief. He has written in his tweet- ISRO Chairman Somnath's salary is Rs 2.5 lakh per month. Is this right and fair? Let us understand that people like him are motivated by reasons beyond money. Whatever Somnath does, he does it out of his passion and dedication towards science and research, to contribute to making his country great, to enhance national pride and to achieve his objective. I bow my head towards dedicated people like him.

This Twitter post of Harsh Goenka is becoming increasingly viral across the country. Till the time this news was written, his post was viewed by 8 lakh people and thousands have also commented on it. Almost all the people had made the same comment that this is a very low salary for a person holding such a position. If he had been in the private sector, his salary would have been in crores by now. Some people said that the government should give reward money to such people after every successful mission, that too in crores.