{
  "id": 7817982,
  "title": "UP Panchayat Assistants' Honorarium Hiked To ₹9,000, Announces OP Rajbhar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/up-panchayat-assistants-honorarium-hiked-to-9-000-announces-op-rajbhar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T15:16:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/uttar-pradesh/up-panchayat-assistants-honorarium-hiked-to-9000-announces-op-rajbhar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar announced on Wednesday that the monthly honorarium of panchayat assistants will be raised from Rs 6,000 to Rs 9,000. The enhanced amount will be transferred directly to their bank accounts. Rajbhar discussed the proposal with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath earlier in the day. Panchayat assistants had been protesting for this increase. The minister addressed the media amid the protest and affirmed that their demands were justified. He also clarified that the decision to remove panchayat assistants would now be taken only after an inquiry by a committee headed by the district magistrate. No longer would they be removed by village pradhans or panchayat secretaries. Additionally, female panchayat assistants will receive maternity benefits as per the rules. Panchayat assistants will have to be removed after an inquiry by a committee headed by the district magistrate. The decision to remove them will no longer be made by village pradhans or panchayat secretaries.",
  "summary": "Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Wednesday announced that the monthly honorarium of panchayat assistants will be increased from Rs 6,000 to Rs 9,000. Rajbhar said the enhanced amount would be transferred directly to the bank accounts of panchayat assistants. He said he had discussed the proposal with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday morning.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}