good news for those who wish to contest forthcoming panchayat elections in bihar the state cabinet on tuesday okayed the proposal to enhance the existing expenditure slab of candidates talking to reporters here after the cabinet meeting the principal secretary cabinet secretariat department brajesh mehrotra said now candidates wish to contest member of the zila parishad will now spend the maximum slab of rs one lakh as against the existing rs 50 000 similarly for the gram panchayat mukhiyagram kutchery sarpanch will now be able to spend rs 40000 as against the existing rs 20000 the member of the panchayat samiti member will now spend rs 30000 instead of rs 25000 and the gram panchayat member and gram kutchery panch can spend upto rs 20000 as against the existing rs 10000 the state cabinet on tuesday also decided to exempt entertainment tax on the bollywood film airlift for a period of one year this film is based on a real story in which 170 lakh indian settled in kuwait were evacuated during gulf war in 1990 mehrotra said akshay kumar airlift is a real story of what india did for her people while making amendment in the bihar pension rules 186 3 the cabinet okayed the proposal to provide da alongwith a family pension to a working couple in case of the death of one earlier it was not applicable but those who have got the job on compensatory ground will not be applicable for getting da the cabinet also okayed the recommendations of the fifth state finance commission in which it was decided to provide grant of rs 275 of the total revenue earned during the five years 20162021 will be given to panchayati raj and urban local bodies out of it 70 of the revenue will be given to panchayati raj while the 20 to zila parishad and remaining 10 will be given to the panchayati samiti the cabinet also okayed the proposal of the labour resources development in which it was decided to file annual ereturn online filing of returns of its various units till date it was manually filed in order to make it security proof the cabinet okayed a sum of rs 597 crore for the construction of boundary wall of saidpur complex of patna university in the 201516 the cabinet okayed a sum of rs 40078 crore for the payment of salary to 66104 block and local bodies teachers in the 201516 financial year the cabinet also okayed the release of the second instalment of central share of rs 70071 crore for the expenditure in the sarva shiksha abhiyan in the current financial yearlisten to the songs of akshay kumar on gaanacomwatch akshay kumars personal album toiwatch bihar govt exempts entertainment tax on airlift for a year