Statecabinetheaded by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to increase the honorarium of district and janpad panchayat presidents and vice-presidents. Now the district panchayat presidents will get an honorarium of Rs 1 lakh per month.
Briefing the media after the cabinet meeting, Home minister Narottam Mishra said, Honorarium and vehicle allowance of the district panchayat president has been increased to Rs 1 lakh monthly while honorarium for the district panchayat vice-presidents has been increased to Rs 42,000 monthly.
It was also approved to increase the honorarium of janpad panchayat president to Rs 19,500 monthly and that of janpad panchayat vice-president to Rs 13,500 per month. Along with this, the maximum annual honorarium of panch and up-sarpanch will be Rs 1,800 monthly. Approval was also given to the Madhya Pradesh Capacity Building Policy-2023 for thecapacity buildingof government employees and officials.
A release said that this policy has been prepared by incorporating the concept and characteristics of Mission Karmayogi implemented by the Government of India. For this, a new budget head Mission Karmayogi will be created with 1% of the budget available in the salary head of each department. Along with this, a new budget for Mission Karmayogi will be made in the Academy of Administration of Rs 10 crore.