Teachers at Government Colleges, Universities to get Salary Hike after a Decade
- 8,00,000 teachers and staff employed by colleges and universities to get salary hike.
- Government to provide teachers with a salary hike of up to 22% to 28%.
- This salary hike is going to cost Rs. 70,000 crore approximately over a period of three years.
Close to 8,00,000 teachers and staff employed by colleges, institutions and universities run by the state as well as the central governments will soon be getting a salary hike of up to 22% to 28%. The cabinet will be taking the UGC panel’s recommendation regarding salary hike of teaching staff in July 2017. Experts have stated that the proposal is most likely to be approved.
A senior HRD Ministry official stated that the ministry will be taking the decision regarding allowances later. According to the proposal, the salary of an assistant professor will go up by Rs. 10,396 with a grade pay of Rs. 6,000. Whereas, the salary of an associate professor will be increased by Rs. 23,662.
Check out the salaries that teachers will get after salary hike:
Position | Grade Pay | Percentage Increase | Salary after 7 th CPC | 6 th CPC Salary |
Assistant Professor (I) | Rs. 6,000 | 22% | Rs. 57,700 | Rs. 47,304 |
Assistant Professor (II) | Rs. 7,000 | 22% | Rs. 68,900 | Rs. 56,480 |
Associate Professor | Rs. 9,000 | 22% | Rs. 1,31,400 | Rs. 1,07,748 |
Professor | Rs. 10,000 | 24% | Rs. 1,44,200 | Rs. 1,16,070 |
Vice Chancellor | - | 28% | Rs. 2,25,000 | Rs. 1,75,200 |
Note: The table denotes salaries per month according to the Central Pay Commission (CPC)
Before this, the salary of teachers was hiked in 2006. Following the delay in the implementation of salary hike, various teachers’ associations were threatening the government to strike against the delay of seventh pay commission.
The report regarding the salary hike was submitted by the UGC in February 2017. Once implemented, the revised salaries will benefit the teachers and staff working at government funded institutions.
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According to reports, there is a separate pay panel and pay structure for centrally-funded technical institutions that will be responsible for suggesting salary hike. However, the government is planning to consider both the proposals together.
Sources also revealed that this salary hike is going to cost Rs. 70,000 crore approximately over a period of three years. This cost will most likely be shared by the Central government and state governments.
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Along with the recommendations of salary hike, the system for assessing the performance of teachers has also been revised. Suggestions were also made to link the grants to the number of vacant teaching post and the number of qualified individuals hired for the posts of associate professors and professors.