INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
7th Pay Commission: 23 lakh staff who have retired from state public universities to benefit.
The government has revised the pension limits of teaching and non-teaching staff of
central and state universities under the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission
This decision will benefit 25,000 current pensioners of central universities and University Grants Commission (UGC)-maintained deemed
universities, the government has said
Approximately eight lakh teaching and 15 lakh non-teaching staff who have retired from state public universities and affiliated colleges -
applicable in only those cases where such pension schemes have already been adopted with prior approval of Government of lndia/ Ministry of
Human Resource Development (MHRD) lf the university/ college has fixed the pension in a manner different from the above formulation, the
same may have to be reworked by the concerned university/ colleges and necessary adjustment be made," according to an official communication
UGC maintained deemed to be Universities to the tune of Rs
6,000 to Rs.18,000.2) This was told by Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar on microblogging site Twitter.3) Last year,
the Union Cabinet had given its approval for revision of pay scales for about 8 lakh teaching and other equivalent academic staff in higher
educational institutions under the purview of the UGC and in centrally-funded technical institutions
The implementation of this pay revision would enhance the teachers' pay in the range of Rs
49,800, the government had said.4) Earlier, a government order had stated that central government employees would not get a daily allowance
on Leave Travel Concession (LTC).5) The recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission are with effect from January 2017.
