Haryana

• 28 Oct 2023

Significant Increase in the Honorarium of Members including Mayor and Chairman of Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council and Committees.

Why In News?

• On October 26, 2023, Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, while addressing a press conference to mark the completion of nine years of the state government, announced a significant increase in the honorarium of members including mayors and chairman of municipal corporations, municipal councils and committees. The increased honorarium will be given from October 1, 2023.

Key Points:

• Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that the monthly honorarium of the mayor has been increased from Rs 20,500 to Rs 30,000. Similarly, the honorarium of senior deputy mayor has been increased from Rs 16,500 to Rs 25,000, deputy mayor's honorarium from Rs 13,000 to Rs 20,000 and councilors' honorarium from Rs 10,500 to Rs 15,000.
• Apart from this, he announced an increase in the pension of Hindi movement satyagrahis and emergency victims from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 and a 4 percent increase in the DA of government employees.
• He said that the honorarium of municipal council president has been increased from Rs 10,500 to Rs 18,000, vice-president from Rs 7,500 to Rs 12,000, councilors' honorarium from Rs 7,500 to Rs 12,000.
• The honorarium of president of municipal committees has been increased from Rs 6,500 to Rs 10,000, vice-president from Rs 4,500 to Rs 8,000 and councilors' honorarium from Rs 4,500 to Rs 8,000.
• The honorarium of zila parishad presidents has been increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000, vice-presidents from Rs 7,500 to Rs 15,000 and members from Rs 3,000 to Rs 6,000.
• Apart from this, the honorarium of panchayat samiti presidents has been increased from Rs 7,500 to Rs 15,000, the honorarium of vice-presidents from Rs 3,500 to Rs 7,000 and the honorarium of members from Rs 1,600 to Rs 3,000.
• The Chief Minister said that the present state government is providing a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 to the mother tongue satyagrahis and emergency victims and widows of the Hindi movement-1957. This pension amount is also increased to 15 thousand rupees.
• He said that based on family identity card data, an old age Samman pension has been made for 42,431 people who have completed 60 years of age. With the formation of PPP, people no longer must visit offices to get the benefits of government facilities.
• The Chief Minister has announced a 4 percent increase in the DA of government employees. He said that the central government has increased the DA of government employees from 42 percent to 46 percent. Now from July 1, 2023, about 3.5 lakh employees of Haryana will also get the benefit of additional 4 percent DA.

Ideathon Haryana

Why In News?

• On October 26, 2023, a spokesperson of Haryana Skill Development Mission (HSDM) said that the department is organizing 'Ideathon Haryana' competition, for which registration has started from October 20 and it will be open till November 5, 2023.

Key Points:

• A spokesman of the Mission (HSDM) said that youth studying in ITIs and polytechnic institutes and having passed diploma can participate in the 'Ideathon Haryana' competition.
• This competition has been started for the youth of the said institutes of all 22 districts of Haryana. All the districts have been divided into seven zones for ease of registration.
• A total of 21 awards, including three winners, will be given in each zone. The award ceremony will carry cash prizes of Rs 31,000, Rs 21,000 and Rs 11,000 in the form of gold, silver and bronze prizes for each zone.