Increase monthly honorarium to ₹15,000, say panchayat-level SHG confederation animators
In a petition submitted to Collector R. Sukumar on Monday during the weekly grievances redressal meet, they said the panchayat-level confederations for coordinating the self-help groups in the rural local bodies had been formed in the district with over 300 animator managing it. The animators, maintaining the records and the accounts of the federation, were getting honorarium of ₹5,000 a month from the interest accrued in confederation savings.
However, the recent communique from the Additional Director of Tamil Nadu Women Development Corporation to the Project Manager, 'Mahalir Thittam', had fixed the honorarium between ₹1,500 and ₹3,000 based on the quantum of savings made by each confederation.
'Even though we are maintaining 16 records and 10 accounts and managing other special programmes including Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme and 'Ungaludan Stalin' programmes, the proposal to cut down the honorarium is something agonising. Instead, it should be increased to ₹15,000 a month. Hence, the communication from the Assistant Director of Tamil Nadu Women Development Corporation should be cancelled. Moreover, the animators, who have 15 years of service, should be appointed in vacancies in the panchayat unions as clerks', they said.
On behalf of the Tirunelveli District Private Schools' Association, a petition was submitted seeking the early release of funds for students admission made under the Right to Education Scheme. The petitioner schools said the tuition fee to be paid by the government for the students admitted under the Right to Education programme for the academic years 2023 – 2024 and 2024 – 2025 in the private nursery, primary and matriculation schools was yet to be released.
Since the arrears to be released by the government was exerting pressure on the schools, the government should release the funds immediately, the petitioners said.
Seeking patta for their houses built under the tsunami victims rehabilitation programme at Thillaivanathoppu under Vijayapathi panchayat near Koodankulam in the district, 65 families submitted a petition to the Collector.
A group of Social Democratic Party of India cadre submitted a petition against the shifting of the beedi workers' hospital from Melapalayam to Palayamkottai. They also demanded sustained steps by the Corporation to control stray dog menace.
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