If the INDIA bloc comes to power in Bihar, allowances of the representatives of its Panchayati Raj system will be doubled, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Sunday (October 26). He also announced an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh and pension for them.

The Panchayati Raj system consists of three levels of governance — zilla parishad, panchayat samiti, and gram panchayat. The chairpersons are known as ‘mukhiya’ (gram panchayat), ‘pramukh’ (panchayat samiti), and ‘adhyaksha’ (zilla parishad).

Pay hike in June

The Nitish Kumar government had in June increased allowances and other benefits of Panchayati Raj institution functionaries and ward members across the state.

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The monthly allowance of zilla parishad adhyakshas

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