Bhubaneswar, Dec 22: On Wednesday, by increasing the expenditure limit for the Upcoming Panchayat poll candidates, the State Election Commission (SEC) has increased the expenditure of Zilla Parishad candidates to Rs 2 lakh which previously was Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 80, 00 has been fixed as the expenditure limit for both Sarpanch and Panchayat Samiti members.
It may be noted that, the panchayat polls which will be held on February 2017, 6,805 panchayats alongwith 853 Zilla Parishad will be participating.
