The Haryana Government has decided to grant pension to ex-sarpanches, chairmen and vice-chairmen of zila parishads and the chairmen and vice-chairmen of panchayat samiti. Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu on Tuesday said that on the instructions of Chief Minister Manohar Lal, the State Government has decided to give pension to former panchayat representatives.With this decision, 25,336 people will be given pension benefit of Rs 30.6 crore annually, he said.
The Minister said that as per the decision taken by the State Government, now the former chairmen of the zila parishads will get monthly pension of Rs 2,000, former vice-chairmen will get Rs 1,000, Rs 1500 will be given to former chairmen of panchayat samitis, Rs 750 to former vice-chairmen and Rs 1,000 to former sarpanchs.
Capt Abhimanyu said that at present, there are 75 former chairmen and vice-chairmen of the zila parishads, 462 former chairmen and vice-chairmen of panchayat samitis and 24,262 former sarpanchs, who will get the benefit of this decision.
The rules have also been framed for this pension and those, who are eligible as per these rules, will get the benefit of this pension, he said.