MLAs to get ₹2 crore to develop model villages

CHANDIGARH: Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced financial assistance of up to ₹2 crore for development of villages under the Vidhayak Adarsh Gram Yojana, monthly honorarium to retired principals, lecturers and other employees of non-government aided colleges, and 500 new posts of traffic personnel each for Gurugram and Faridabad, besides setting up Shri Mata Mansa Devi All India Institute of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy in Panchkula.

Speaking on the concluding day of the budget session here, he said ₹50 lakh per annum will be given for development of villages having a population of less than 5,000 and ₹1 crore per year to those having a population between 5,000 and 10,000 under the Vidhayak Adarsh Gram Yojna. In case the population of a village exceeds 10,000, the assistance will be ₹2 crore every year.

Khattar also announced that the principals and lecturers of non-government aided-colleges retired between January 1, 1988 and May 10, 1998, who were not getting any pension would get monthly honorarium between ₹25,000 and ₹30,000. The Class-3 employees of such colleges will get ₹11,000 per month and ₹6,000 will be given to Class 4 staff.

He said 500 new posts of traffic cops each had been sanctioned for Gurugram and Faridabad .

PREZ TO ADOPT 50 MORE VILLAGES

He said President Pranab Mukherjee has desired to adopt 50 more villages to develop them as smart villages. Khattar said the President had adopted five villages in Gurugram and Mewat districts and 50 more villages will be within a 5-km radius of those adopted earlier.