What services do the staff and safety personnel working within the election get?

3 December, Kathmandu. This time, the Election Commission has deployed 246,960 staff throughout the nation for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections.

According to the fee, polling officers, assistant polling officers and assistant employees have been deployed in 22,227 polling stations, 141 non permanent polling stations and 10,892 polling stations throughout the nation.

For the administration of employees and safety personnel working within the election officer’s workplace, polling station and counting place, the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Member Election (Manpower Management) Guidelines, 2074 are being applied.

In this manner, the staff assigned to the election get varied service services in accordance with the provisions within the “Representative Assembly Member and Provincial Assembly Member Election (Financial) Directory, 2074”. The election officer’s workplace offers the service services out there to polling stations, non permanent polling stations and polling station staff.

The cash spent through the election is launched by the Office of the Controller of Funds and Accounts within the identify of the workplace of the related election officer. According to the Election (Financial) Guidelines for Members of the House of Representatives and Members of the Provincial Assembly, polling officers working in polling stations are given an allowance of two,500 rupees per day, 2,000 rupees for assistant polling officers, 1,600 rupees for assistant employees and 1,200 rupees for help employees. If Assistant Polling Officer is a gazetted stage worker, he will get the identical day by day allowance and journey allowance because the officer.

The polling officer, assistant polling officer, assistant employees and help employees are given day by day allowance and journey allowance for the day it takes to journey from the election officer’s workplace to the polling station, from the polling station to the election officer’s workplace and from the election officer’s workplace to their workplace, and for the three days they keep on the polling station. If the staff must journey on foot, there may be an association to offer an allowance equal to at some point for each 15 km.

Such staff are given a day by day allowance of at some point for the journey time and preparation time required to attend the election officer’s workplace from the place the place they’re working. Likewise, the polling officer is given 5 thousand rupees for added convenience for cellular recharge and different miscellaneous duties.

The individuals who’re appointed as volunteers on the polling station are offered Rs 1,000 per individual per day for 3 days for lunch.

Likewise, the staff within the counting workforce get day by day advantages and allowances as determined for every shift. According to the rules, there may be provision to pay Rs 2,500 to the Chief Counting Officer, Rs 2,000 to the Assistant Counting Officer, Rs 1,600 to the opposite employees and Rs 1,200 to the workplace assistant.

During the counting interval, the staff of the election officer’s workplace who help within the counting work are given a day by day allowance of Rs.

According to the supply within the tips, the chief election officer and the election officer among the many staff assigned to the election obtain allowances from the date of their appointment and different staff from the day they seem within the workplace of the election officer, not exceeding 15 days from the date of completion of the election. They get an quantity equal to 121% of their month-to-month wage as election allowance until the date they’re working within the election officer’s workplace.

Employees working within the election officer’s workplace additionally get a hard and fast quantity of lunch and meals on the day they seem within the workplace. There is an association to offer Rs 700 per day for officer stage staff, Rs 500 for assistant stage staff, Rs 500 for gentle car drivers, workplace assistants, safety guards (PSO) as meals and snack bills.

No cash for lunch and meals will probably be given on the times of non-attendance on the workplace resulting from follow-up go to or another cause. Similarly, the Chief Electoral Officer receives an quantity of Rs 1,000 per constituency per thirty days primarily based on the variety of constituencies to coordinate and facilitate the coordination between the election officers throughout the district.

The safety personnel working within the elections get Rs.500 per day for meals and lunch bills. In case such safety personnel work in accordance with the shift, there’s a provision to present cash in accordance with Damasahi.

When the cash for lunch and meals is offered to the safety personnel, the bills of the safety personnel staying within the election officer’s workplace are given during their keep within the election officer’s workplace.

For the safety of the poll bins, the safety personnel assigned to the polling station are supplied with lunch and meals allowance from the day of voting to the day of completion of the counting of votes, whereas the safety personnel assigned to the safety of the election workplace are offered for thirty days earlier than the day of voting till the date of completion of the counting of votes in all of the constituencies of the respective districts.

Such allowances and services aren’t offered to the staff who’re in JGED besides when they’re engaged in election work.

In the districts designated by the federal government as receiving native allowances, the election officers and the staff of the election officers’ places of work who’ve been posted from different districts obtain further native allowances as decided by the federal government.

Daily and visiting allowances are given in accordance with the worker’s stage for the interval from the time the Election Officer goes to look on the Election Officer’s workplace from the workplace the place he has his authority till he returns to his workplace after finishing the work.

Electoral officers who’re posted of their respective districts don’t get day by day allowance and journey allowance. However, if the workplace of the Election Officer is greater than 15 km away from the workplace of the incumbent, such a facility is accessible. Election officers who get day by day allowance and journey allowance don’t get lunch and meals bills.

The authorities offers services comparable to phone, fax and web to the election workplace. However, for election-related work, election officers are given a lump sum of seven thousand rupees for the complete election interval for cellular and retail phone services.

According to the rules, Rs.5,000 for polling stations with buildings and Rs.10,000 for polling stations with out buildings are offered to polling officers for construction of polling stations. 3000 Rupees is offered to the polling officer for generator and different preparations in polling stations with out electrical energy.

As transportation bills, if it’s important to stroll from the placement the place the poll bins and different election supplies are situated and from the polling heart to the counting place, if it’s important to stroll for a distance of fifteen kilometers, the polling officer will probably be offered transportation bills on the price of Rs. 600 per poll field per day.

Similarly, as counting administration bills, the election officer’s workplace offers a separate quantity for the administration of lamps, carpets, discs, lights, water, mills, mics, and many others. wanted on the counting place.

For the administration of such supplies, 20,000 in constituencies with as much as 20,000 voters, 30,000 for constituencies with as much as 50,000 voters, 40,000 in constituencies with as much as 80,000 voters and 50,000 in constituencies with greater than 80,000 voters. is