The faculty at these institutes had refused to accept the revised emoluments as per the sixth pay commission recommendations, demanding a pay hike at par with those in the IIMs and IITs.
The decision to give term parity to the faculty of autonomous medical colleges with their counterparts in IITs and IIMs was approved by the Union Cabinet at its meeting held today, Health Ministry sources said.
While the revised pay would be applicable from January 2006, allowances would be given with effect from August 2008.
Source : PTI
The proposal, which will cost Rs 91.60 crore to the exchequer, was cleared by a Union cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, official sources said here.
Besides AIIMS and PGI Chandigarh, Northeastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science, Shillong, Vimhans, Bangalore, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Reasearch, Puducherry.
Faculties of two more institutes Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, and Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, will also get Sixth Pay Commission benefits as per the UGC scale.
Faculty of these institutes had refused to accept the revised emoluments as per Sixth Pay Commission recommendations demanding a pay hike at par with those in the IIMs and IITs.
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had carried out a study of the problems of the faculty members before making a note to the Union Cabinet.
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