The Minister of rural development and panchayati raj Chandrashekhar Dubey announced in the conclave of village local body representatives that the Government is ready to increase their emoluments.
He also announced that the ward members will also get a respectable emolument very soon. Dubey was addressing the village local body members in a conclave organized by Panchayati Raj Utthan Parishad. The file is almost ready and soon the proposal will go to the cabinet. After approval cabinet what I am saying today will become reality, Dubey said. Criticizing the previous governments Dubey said that you need power and increased emoluments and I am trying my best to fulfill your demands.
Chandrashekhar Dubey said that within the short span of just three months his government has given you rights of nine departments. Is any officer of these departments is ignoring you, complain to me, I will tight the screw. Various village local body members raised their problems and ground reality before the minister. Most of them spoke about BPl list. Minister Dubey said that you can easily access who is poor and directed the members to work for the poors without looking into the BPl list. He also talked about MNREGA and said that the village local body members should use it as a weapon against displacement.
Addressing the conclave Hazaribagh District Board Chairman Brajkishore Jaiswal raised the matter of emoluments. He said that he gets travelling allowance at a rate of Rs.5 per kilometer while the Secretary gets Rs. 20 per kilometer. This type of difference actually makes the public representatives morally weak. Sadar MlA Saurabh Narayan Singh said that due to president rule in the state after decades village local body elections took place and then they have been given powers of nine departments. He said that Congress is keen to give more powers to village local body representatives.
The patron of Jharkhand Panchayati Raj Utthan Parishad Ex-Minister Manoj Kumar Yadav and convener Jaishankar Pathak said that their organization will act as a bridge between village local body representatives and the government. They handed over 10 suggestions on behalf of their organization to the minister. A large number of village local body representatives participated in this program. A galaxy of local Congress leaders was also present in the conclave. District Board member Devkumar Raj anchored the programme.