MP to implement sixth pay commission scale for higher education teachers and official.

The Madhya Pradesh government has approved sixth pay commission scale for the vice-chancellors, registrars, teachers, librarians and sports officers in the universities of the state.

The universities receiving block grant from the state government would be eligible get the revised pay scales with retrospective effect from January 1, 2006, an official release here said.

State Higher Education Minister Laxmikant Sharma stated that payment of arrears accruing due to revised pay scales would be given from the salary of September 2008 which would be payable in October 2008. Separate orders are being issued in connection with arrears from January 1, 2006 to August 31, 2008.

As per directives of the Union government and University Grants Commission, orders had already been issued to provide sixth pay commission scale to college teachers. The Madhya Pradesh government had appealed to the Union Government to make available 80 percent of the expenditure on the scheme, while the rest 20 percent would be shared by the state government.

Source : UNI