General Elections 2018- Renumeration details of Election duties 2018

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
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No. 464/INST-PAY/2014-EPS Dated: 24* February 2014

The Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union Territories.


Subject:- Fixing uniform rate of remuneration to the officers/officials deployed on election duty - Regarding.

Sir/Madam,

In supersession of the Commission's letter No. 464/INST/2009/EPS, dated 9th January,2009, and in order to bring uniformity in payment of remuneration to polling / counting personnel, the Commission has recommended the following rates of remuneration to be paid to the officers / officials deployed on election duty:-

SI. Designation of Officers/Officials Minimum Rate of  remuneration (in Rupees

1. Sector Officer/Zonal Magistrate 1500/- lump sum

2.Presiding Officer/Counting Supervisor 350/- per day or part thereof

3. Polling Officers/Counting Asstt 250/- per day or part thereof 

4. Class-IV 150/- per day or part thereof

5 .Packed lunch and/ or light refreshment 150/- per head per day

6. Video Surveillance Team. Video Viewing Team. Accounting Class - /II                     (Rs. 1200/- lump

Team. Expenditure Monitoring Control Room and Call sum)
Center Staffs, Media Certification and Monitoring Class Ill                                              (Rs. 1000/- lump
Committee, Flying Squads. Static Surveillance Team, sum ExpenditureMonitoring Cell Class IV 
                                 (Rs. 200/- per day

7.Income Tax Inspector Rs. 1200/-lump sum

The above mentioned rates are equally applicable to police personnel actually deployed on polling booths/counting centers.

2. The above rates are payable to the staff for attending training classes, collecting polling materials,.etc and also for attending duty on the polling day/counting day

3. The Commission has also directed that staff deployed at all polling stations/counting centers maybe provided with packed lunch and or light refreshment at the rate of Rs. 150/- per head per day. Incase of difficulty in providing packed lunch, a cash payment a Rs. 150/- per head may be made.

4.The above rates as recommended by the Commission are minimum rates. The States/Union,Teritories which are paying more than the minimum rates recommended by the Commission, may continue topay at the higher rates. These rates will come into force prospectively and will have no retrospective effect.