News India Xtra@newsIndiaxtraTamil Nadu has approved ₹198 crore to pay honorariums to the officials and staff who ran the 2026 Assembly election across all 234 constituencies.
District election officers, returning officers and assistant returning officers will each get one month's basic pay, up to ₹45,000. Election wing staff in district and civic body offices get the same formula, capped at ₹30,000.
Flying squads, video surveillance teams and other poll-duty staff fall under the same arrangement, and payments will be routed through the district election officers.
