Haryana CM announces increase in honorariums of sarpanches, panches

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Haryana CM announces increase in honorariums of sarpanches, panches

Thursday, 16 March 2023 | PNS | Chandigarh


 
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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday announced to increase the honorariums of sarpanches from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000; and panches from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,600 by linking it with dearness allowance (DA) on the lines of government employees. Besides, the sarpanches (village heads) will now be able to record their comments in the Annual Confidential Report (ACR) of the Gram Sachiv.
 
Khattar also announced that the limit of development works on quotation basis of sarpanches has also been increased from Rs two lakh to Rs five lakh.
 
Calling upon the sarpanches to understand their responsibility towards the people as public representatives and get the development works done in villages in a transparent manner, Khattar said that any hassle in the e-tendering process will be removed. “The Government has strengthened the hands of sarpanches with e-tendering, which will bring transparency in development works and the works will be completed in a time-bound manner,” he added.
 
Khattar also asked the representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to upload the proposals for development works worth Rs 1,100 crore allocated for the last quarter of this financial year before March 31, 2023. Of these, Rs 800 crore was allocated to Gram Panchayats, Rs 165 crore to Block Samitis and Rs 110 crore to Zila Parishads.
 
“So far, out of 6,217 panchayats, 5,048 panchayats have passed proposals for development works. The proposals for 9,418 works worth less than Rs two lakh have been received, while 1,044 works worth more than Rs two lakh have been uploaded after administrative approval,” he said.
 
For the social audit of the development works, the Chief Minister said that a committee will be formed at the village level, consisting of the residents; who will keep a vigil on the development works being done in the village. “A separate engineering wing will also be set up for the Development and Panchayats department,” he added.
 
Khattar said that a ‘Social Audit System’ will also be established in six months to check the quality of development works. Apart from this, ‘Quality Assurance Authority’ is being established.
 
The Chief Minister said that panchayats can get works done on quotations for a total amount of Rs 25 lakh in a financial year or up to 50 percent of the total grant amount of the State Finance Commission, whichever is less. “The sarpanch will have full responsibility for ensuring quality in the development works done in the village,” he added.
 
He further said that the panchayat tax being levied on electricity bills will be given to the Panchayats from April 1, 2023, along with the arrears. Out of this, pending electricity bills of panchayats will be deducted and paid every quarter. He said that the amount of one percent stamp duty on the sale of property in each Gram Panchayat will be given to them.
 
Responding to a question, the Chief Minister said that the former sarpanches who have not handed over their records to the present sarpanches should do so immediately. He said that an investigation is underway against 1,100 sarpanches of the previous tenure of panchayats.

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