Haryana hikes remuneration of zila parishad presidents

CHANDIGARH: Haryana government has increased the monthly honorarium of the zila parishad presidents from ₹3,000 to ₹10,000 and raised the limits of a slew of perks, in a bonanza of incentives that covers the vice-presidents also.

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar gave nod for the hike in incentives, such as honorariums, travel allowance (TA), dearness allowance (DA) and mobile phone expenses, being given to zila parishad presidents and vice-presidents with effect from November 1, 2016.

The presidents of zila parishads will also be entitled to official vehicles and residential accommodation, a government spokesperson said.

The vice-presidents will get ₹7,500 per month honorarium, up from ₹2,000.

The zila parishad presidents will be entitled to TA and DA equivalent to grade-I officers of the state government, while the vice-presidents TA and DA will be equal to that of grade-II officers. The presidents will also get an official vehicle—Scorpio Diesel—with the condition that journey by official vehicle will be limited to 3,000 kms per month.

Any repair and replacement of wheels will be allowed at the level of chief executive officer of the zila parishad.

The presidents of zila parishads will also be entitled to residential accommodation in buildings of zila parishad, wherever available, on priority basis and if no such building is available, they will be permitted to hire residential accommodation of maximum rent of ₹15,000 per month. Earlier this limit was ₹3,000 per month.

The presidents will also get telephone both at office and residence and monthly expenditure of ₹1,000 for mobile phones will be allowed to both the presidents and vice-presidents.

The government will reimburse up to ₹2,000 the entertainment expenses of the presidents.

All zila parishads will be authorised to purchase new office furniture, if required, subject to a maximum limit of ₹2 lakh—up from earlier ₹1 lakh limit.