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Odisha government hike the remuneration and Allowances of Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Other Civic Body Representatives

in State News March 14, 2024 Comments Off on Odisha government hike the remuneration and Allowances of Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Other Civic Body Representatives 324 Views

Bhubaneswar13/3/24:  OdishaChief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a hike in the remuneration and allowances of the mayors, deputy mayors, chairmen, vice chairmen, corporators, and councilors of five municipal corporations, 48 municipalities and 68 notified area councils (NACs) in the state.

This increase has been made following the recommendations of the Fifth State Finance Commission and amendments in Odisha Municipal Corporation Rules-2004, and Odisha Municipal Rules-1953.

While the mayors of municipal corporations were earlier getting Rs 8,000 as remuneration, this has been revised to Rs 50,000 per month. Similarly, the monthly remuneration of deputy mayors has been increased from Rs 5000 to Rs 20,000. The remuneration of chairman of municipality has been increased from Rs 1,500 to Rs 15,000, while the remuneration of the vice chairman has been increased from Rs 1,200 to Rs 10,000.

The Chief Minister announced an increase in the monthly remuneration of the NAC chairman from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000 and the monthly gratuity of the vice chairman from Rs 800 to Rs 7,500.
The corporators of municipal corporation were getting Rs 7,00 as allowance per meeting and now it has been increased to Rs 2,000. The allowance of councilors of various municipalities and NACs has been increased from Rs 150 to Rs 500. Apart from this, the members of the Standing Committee of the municipal Corporation will get a daily allowance of Rs 200 during the meeting.

The Chief Minister has also announced the introduction of ex-gratia assistance to the elected representatives of the urban areas. In case of death, this amount of assistance is kept at Rs 2 lakh, while in case of total and partial disability, it is kept at Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh, respectively.For this, the state government will bear an annual expenditure of Rs 4.76 crore.It is worth noting that now 1,696 councilors and 244 corporators are serving in various municipal corporations, municipalities, and NACs in the state

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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