<span style="color: #222222;">In Jammu and Kashmir, Secretary Rural Development Department Sheetal Nanda has said that the Government has already announced honorarium for the BDC Chairpersons which is among the highest in the country.<br />'' <br />'' Further, they have been given their due protocol as per warrant of precedence.<br />''<br />''Talking to AIR News, she said that  Block Development Council Chairmen, Sarpanches and panches have been given the requisite powers which are aimed at giving fillip to rural development and strengthening Panchayati Raj institutions in the Union Territory.</span><br />