7.5 lakh teachers to get 7th pay panel benefits

Those working in central and state varsities will get hikes

NEW DELHI: Human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday announced implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for teachers in central and state universities and government-aided colleges. The decision to implement the recommendations was taken in a meeting of Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The move will benefit over 7,58,000 teachers in these institution, and the increase will be between Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000 at different levels, Javadekar said, adding that this is a hike between 22% and 28%.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the festive season, there is some good news for the nearly 8,00,000 teachers and staff working in colleges, universities and institutions run by the Centre and state governments.

The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a major pay hike, which will result in their salary increasing in the range of 22%-28%. The pay revision is based on the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

HT had on July 10 reported that the hike will be in this range.

The approved pay scales would be applicable from January 1, 2016. The annual central financial liability on account of this measure would be about ₹9,800 crore. With the pay revision, an assistant professor’s entry pay would jump by ₹10,396 with a grade pay of ₹6,000 while that of an associate professor will rise by ₹24,000.

“The implementation of this pay revision will enhance the teachers’ pay in the range of ₹10,400 and ₹49,800 as against the existing entry pay due to the implementation of the 6th Central Pay Commission for the pay of teachers,” a government statement said.

The decision will benefit 7.58 lakh teachers and equivalent academic staff in the 106 universities/colleges, which are funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) or ministry of human resource development, 329 universities which are funded by state governments, and 12,912 government and private-aided colleges affiliated to state public universities, a government release said. In addition, it will also cover teachers of 119 centrally funded technical institutions such as IITs, IISc, IIMs, IISERs, IIITs, NITIE, among others.

The government had last year constituted a pay review committee, headed by UGC member VS Chauhan, which had submitted its recommendations earlier this year. Following this, the HRD ministry formed a committee to review the recommendations.