Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday hiked the meeting remuneration of panchayat-level and block-level federation members of Mission Shakti programme by Rs 500. As per the decision, the hike in the payment will be applicable retrospectively from October of 2023.
For block-level federations, the remuneration has been increased from Rs 4,000 to Rs 4,500 for secretaries and presidents. Other executive members, who previously received Rs 2,000, will now get Rs 2,500. Similarly, remuneration of secretaries and presidents of panchayat-level federations has been hiked from Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500 while the same for other executive members has been increased to Rs 1,500 from Rs 1,000. The state government will bear annual expenditure of Rs 249.21 crore in this regard. Around 1,26,010 such members of the Mission Shakti will be benefited with this move.