14-03-23 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

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.