Good news for 8 lakh teachers; Modi Cabinet announces salary hike
Ahead of Diwali, Narendra Modi government announced benefits of 7th Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations on Wednesday evening. Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that 8 lakh teachers of universities and colleges across India will get the benefit of 7th CPC. As per the government order, the teachers will get pay in the range of Rs 10,400 and Rs 49,800 as against the existent entry pay due to the implementation of the 6th Central Pay Commission for the pay of teachers. This also means that the teachers will get an entry pay growth in the range of 22% to 28 %. “The move will benefit 7.58 lakh professors, assistant professors and others,” HRD minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters after a cabinet meeting, where the decision was taken. The decision will benefit as many as 7.58 lakh teachers and equivalent academic staff in the 106 Universities/Colleges which are funded by the UGC/MHRD and also 329 Universities which are funded by State Governments and 12,912 Govt. and private aided colleges affiliated to State Public Universities. 119 Centrally Funded Technical Institutions viz. IITs, IISc, IIMs, IISERs, IIITs, NITIE. Etc teachers will also be covered under the pay revision. The approved pay scales would be applicable from 1.1.2016. The annual Central financial liability on account of this measure would be about Rs. 9,800 crore. -PTC News
