{
  "id": 8289963,
  "title": "Panchayat Secretaries Submit Memo Over 16 Demands In Maheshwar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/panchayat-secretaries-submit-memo-over-16-demands-in-maheshwar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T18:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/panchayat-secretaries-submit-memo-over-16-demands-in-maheshwar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Madhya Pradesh's district panchayat CEO Reena Chauhan received a memorandum on Friday from Maheshwar's panchayat secretaries, outlining a list of 16 demands they wish to see addressed. The petition, organized by Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Secretary Organisation state president Narendra Singh Rajput, was delivered to Chauhan. The secretaries explained that while they oversee government welfare programs at the village level, they are also being given tasks related to various other departments, such as Swamitva Yojana and e-KYC. They noted that their workload has expanded significantly, despite unresolved demands for service-related improvements. The secretaries' demands include merging the Panchayat Secretary cadre with the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, freeing them from revenue-related work, securing time-scale pay benefits, resolving pay discrepancies, and instituting a 50% departmental promotion quota for PCO posts. Additional requests encompass the encashment of 300 days of earned leave, cashless health insurance, protection against unfair recovery under MNREGA, implementation of the old pension scheme, gratuity and NPS payments for retired secretaries, and an increase in retirement benefits from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. The organization also sought measures to address service-related concerns. If their demands are not met, the secretaries threatened to initiate phased protests followed by an indefinite work stoppage.",
  "summary": "Maheshwar (Madhya Pradesh): Panchayat secretaries in Maheshwar submitted a memorandum to district panchayat CEO Reena Chauhan, seeking action on their 16-point demands on Friday. The memorandum was submitted on the call of Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Secretary Organisation state president Narendra Singh Rajput. The secretaries said they implement government welfare schemes at the gram panchayat…",
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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."
}