The State government announced hike in salaries of panchayatand zilla panchayat members on Wednesday. The cabinet decided to double thesalaries of all the panchayat and zilla panchayat members.
As per the decision the salary of the sarpanch will go upfrom Rs 2000 to Rs 4000 per month, while the Deputy Sarpanch will draw Rs 3570and a panch will get Rs 3000 per month. Similarly the President of ZillaPanchayat will get Rs 12000 and his deputy will draw Rs 11000 per month. Azilla member will get Rs 10000 per month.
The Ministry of Panchayat will bear additional burden of Rs3.32 crore annually on the salaries of panchayat and zilla panchayat members.
Minister for Panchayat, Laxmikant Parsekar said that cabinethad approved the decision to enhance the salaries on Wednesday. The hike willtake place with retrospective effect from April 2012.
There are nearly 1600 pancha’s and 50 Zilla Panchayatmembers in Goa.
