Panchayats and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava has informed that it has been decided to increase honorarium of contractual workers/officers working under various schemes and programmes of the department by 10 per cent.
The Minister informed that over 30,000 contractual workers will get benefit of the increase in honorarium with effect from April 1, 2015.
As per orders issued by the State Government, now the contractual workers getting Rs 10,780 per month will be given Rs 11,858, those getting Rs 13,200 will get Rs 14,520, those getting Rs 13,750 will get Rs 15,125, those getting Rs 14,300 will get Rs 15,730, those getting Rs 15,070 will get Rs 16,577, those getting Rs 23,650 will get Rs 26,015, those getting Rs 24,420 will get Rs 26,862 and the contractual employees getting Rs 25,300 per month will now get Rs 27,830 per month from April 1, 2015.
Contractual officers appointed in Class I pay scale will also be given increased honorarium effect from April 1, 2015. Officers working on contract under various programmes and schemes and organizations of the department will now get Rs 41,000 instead of Rs 39,600, those getting Rs 41,800 will get Rs 43,000, those getting Rs 42,900 will get Rs. 44 thousand.
Class I contractual officers drawing honorarium of Rs 55,000 per month will also get Rs 57,500 per month with effect from April 1, 2015. These honorariums/wages will be given only to specially qualified and expert contractual officers. Administrative sanction should also be sought before it.
As per directives issued by the department, contract period will be extended upto March 31, 2017 on agreement of contract of contractual workers. Only after it, enhanced honorarium/wages will be payable.