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Member of Legislative Council Kishor Kumar Puttur has urged the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) section to summation allowances payable to gram panchayat members. The allowances person not been revised for the past 3 decades.
Meeting RDPR Secretary Sameer Shukla successful Bengaluru connected Saturday, November 1, Mr. Puttur besides urged the authorities to wage telephone allowances to the members. The MLC noted that gram panchayat presidents, vice-presidents, and members are eligible to person travelling allowance arsenic per the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Rules.
Mr. Puttur noted that gram panchayat members were the nonstop representatives of the radical of Karnataka. Enhancing their honourarium and providing facilities volition amended the agrarian administration, helium added.
As per the Rules, they tin assertion a question allowance of 40 paise per km if the places are not connected by autobus oregon immoderate different mode of nationalist transport. Members are besides eligible for a regular allowance during authoritative outstation travel₹35 per time for Bengaluru and ₹25 per time for different places.
Mr. Puttur told the Secretary that the Rules were framed astir 3 decades agone and presently, the prescribed rates are meagre. Therefore, the Rules should beryllium amended forthwith to supply a travelling allowance of ₹15 per km and a regular allowance of ₹1,000. Considering the dynamic roles they request to play, members should beryllium fixed a telephone allowance of astatine slightest ₹1,000 for net and dependable calls, helium said.
Mr. Shukla told the MLC that the contented volition beryllium brought to the announcement of the Minister and indispensable steps volition beryllium taken.
