Andhra Pradesh state university faculty memebers' pay to be hiked soon.

Here is a good news for the faculty of the State universities. Soon they will draw salaries on par with their counterparts of Central universities.Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy has assured all the State university faculty members that a committee would be constituted within a week to revise their salaries as per the revised University Grants Commission pay scales proposed in 2006.Addressing the members of the AP University Teachers Federation on the sidelines of the Vice-Chancellors’ meet here today, the Chief Minister said: “A committee would be formed within a week and would soon finalise the revised pay scales.’’ Earlier, president of APUTF Butcha Reddy along with other members submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister stating that the UGC has given directive to all the State councils in the country to hike the salaries as per their guidelines.Initially, the UGC has given directive only to the Central universities and later extended to the State universities last month. Higher Education Minister D Sridhar Babu said that they have already received the fitment formula to revise the pay scales and there was formal work that needs to be done before implementing the new scales.The members of the APUTF also gave a representation about the super-annuation of the faculty members in the State universities on par with the Central university faculty, which the Chief Minister promised to look into.

Source : Indian Express.