Election Commission increases remuneration for Presiding Officers and staff, detailed list here
The Election Commission of India has enhanced remuneration for Presiding Officers and other supporting staff appointed during polling
New Delhi: In a major development, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has enhanced remuneration for Presiding Officers and other supporting staff appointed during polling.
According to an official press statement, the Presiding Officers, the Polling Officers, the Counting personnel, the Micro Observers and other officials shall receive enhanced honorarium.
The remuneration for for Dy. DEOs, CAPF personnel, and Sector Officers was also enhanced along with enhancement in the wages for food refreshment, etc for polling and/or counting duty.
The release read as follows, “Conduct of elections involves diverse activities carried out by an election machinery consisting of officials and staff requisitioned from various departments of the Central Government, State Governments, PSUs, Local Authorities etc. During the election period, the entire machinery. deployed on the ground, performs arduous and sensitive duties, which extend for long hours and even continue for many months, so as to ensure a conducive environment wherein electors are able to exercise their franchise and elect a government of their choice.”
“For ensuring that personnel on election duty are compensated suitably, the Commission has decided to revise the rates of remuneration/honorarium to be paid to personnel on election duty. The last such major revision of remuneration/honorarium was done between 2014 and 2016,” the statement added.
It is worth mentioning here that, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday said that not even a single claim or objection has been submitted by any political party regarding the draft electoral rolls in Bihar.
It has been over a week since the EC asked to submit claims and objections to rectify any errors in the draft electoral roll of Bihar, which was published on August 1. The Election Commission has been repeatedly asserting that no eligible elector will be left out and no ineligible elector will be included in the final electoral roll of Bihar.
However, the EC has received 6,257 claims and objections directly from the electors with respect to the draft roll till today, said the ECI in a daily bulletin on the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar.
Election Commission has enhanced remuneration for Presiding Officers, Polling Officers, Counting personnel, Micro Observers and other officials, enhanced honorarium for Dy. DEOs, CAPF personnel, and Sector Officers, and enhanced the rates for Food/Refreshment for polling/counting… pic.twitter.com/MpzYMAp0zG
— ANI (@ANI) August 8, 2025
