Haryana Election Commission has doubled the prescribed limit on expenditure to be incurred by the contesting candidates or his authorised election agents in connection with the elections as member of various Panchayat bodies.
State Election Commissioner Rajeev Sharma on Wednesday said that a notification has also been issued in this regard by the Commission.
The prescribed limit on expenditure for Panch (member of Gram Panchayat) has been increased from existing Rs5000 to Rs10,000, Rs15,000 to Rs30,000 for Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat (up to 15 wards) and Rs25,000 to Rs50,000 for Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat (more than 15 wards), Rs50,000 to Rs1 lakh for member, Panchayat Samiti and Rs1 lakh to Rs2 lakh for member Zila Parishad.
He said that the account of expenditure to be incurred by the contesting candidates of various offices in Panchayat bodies would be maintained and submitted to Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat) within a period of 30 days from the declaration of election result.