7th Pay Commission and UGC Pay Review Committee

Gifting a Christmas and New Year bonanza to displeased university and college teachers, the Centre has approved the recommendation of an empowered committee – set up to review the Chadha Committee proposal – for reforming the pay structure of higher education teachers. Wooing to over five lakh hier educators across the country in an election-year, the Union Cabinet on December 15, 2008 has approved the proposal of the committee in the presented form, which suggests enhancement of teacher’s salary nearby 70 percent excluding other emoluments. Announcing the details of approved pay revision on Tuesday (Dec 16), Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari told the Parliament that salary was one of the critical factors in higher education sector that was affecting the quality of education and unable to attract the young and talented person to the teaching profession. Viewing this, the government has decided to restore the dignity and pride of the t...

The revised salary package, announced on 16 December, 2008, offers hefty hikes effective from 1 January, 2006 New Delhi: The government will have to provide for a whopping Rs9,000 crore annually from the exchequer for paying revised salary and allowances to over five lakh university and college teachers. The revised salary package, announced on 16 December, 2008, offers hefty hikes effective from 1 January, 2006. “As per the calculation we have done, about Rs9,000 crore will be spent annually for implementing the revised pay of university and college teachers in the country,” Higher Education Secretary R.P. Agrawal said. He said that the Finance Ministry will make the budgetary provision soon for the purpose. As per the announcement, financial assistance will be provided by the Centre to the states which may opt for these revised pay scales, to the extent of 80% of the additional expenditure for implementing the revised pay scales for the duration from 1 January, 2006 to 31 March, 2010...

In an election-year bonanza to more than five lakh teachers in colleges and universities, the Centre has approved a proposal for a 70 per cent salary hike, making teaching at certain levels more attractive than civil service. The Union Cabinet has approved the recommendations of the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) pay review committee for teachers headed by Professor G K Chadha.While the revision of pay will be effective from January 1, 2006, the disbursement of allowances (except DA) and advance increments will be effective from September 1, 2008.In place of “grade pay” as applicable to Central government employees, the term “academic grade pay” (AGP) should be used for teachers and those with equivalent positions. Different grade pays of Rs 6,000, Rs 7,000, Rs 8,000, Rs 9,000, Rs 10,000 and Rs 12,000 have been approved as AGP for teachers and equivalent positions.Higher AGP of Rs 6,000 has been recommended for all assistant professors at the entry level so as to make it more att...

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday announced the implementation of the much awaited pay revision for more than five lakh teachers in the universities and colleges across the country. Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh said that all the recommendations of the Chadha committee have been accepted and they would be implemented with effect from January 1, 2006. The UGC pay review committee headed by Prof G K Chadha had recommended 70 percent hike in pay and other emoluments for teachers in the universities and colleges. The pay hike package would also be valid for state-run colleges and universities recognised by the UGC. While the revision of pay will take effect from January 1, 2006, the allowances (except DA) and advance increments shall take effect from September 1, 2008. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for HRD Purandeswari said “We have begun a process of restoring the dignity and pride in being associated with the teaching profession.’’ Acco...

New Delhi: The proposal for a 70 per cent salary hike for college educators has finally got the Cabinet go-ahead, said sources on Monday. The Cabinet clearance for the recommendations of the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Pay Review Committee for teachers, led by Professor G K Chadha, will benefit more than five lakh teachers in over 400 universities and more than 6,000 colleges. Incidentally, the clearance came on a day when around 8,000 teachers in Delhi University started an indefinite strike to demand an increase in their pay scales. In addition to a 70 per cent hike in pay, the UGC panel has recommended additional allowances and new positions to academics in the higher education sector. It has also suggested that the age of retirement be raised to 65 years, extendable up to 70 years. Other perks recommended by the UGC include monetary and non- monetary incentives to ensure teachers do not face stagnation and a ‘revolutionary recruitment policy’ to attract youngsters to teac...

Estimation of income tax for this year is very important as we are in the new pay scale and have drawn arrears for previous years too. Needless to say, the end result is we have to pay more tax than the previous years. But tax planning at an early date may reduce some of your tax burden. For example, you may want to go for a tax saving instrument and pay for it in easy installments rather than paying in lump sum at the end of the year. If nothing works, if you know your taxes now, you could ask your administration to deduct your tax liability on monthly basis from now onwards atleast. For your ease and prudent tax management, GConnect has come up with a full fledged online Income tax software for the year 2008-09, which will be definitely useful for finding out your tax liability, tax treatment on your house property, HRA, 6CPC arrears etc.

The lack of clarity over taxation of arrears that government employees will receive following the implementation of the 6th Pay Commission recommendations has finally cleared. The tax on first installment will be deducted in the current fiscal and that on the second installment will be deducted next year when they receive the actual payment. Confusion had arisen about the tax treatment of the pay arrears that central government employees are about to get as part of their latest wage revision. According to finance ministry sources, only the first installment of the arrears would be taxed this fiscal. The taxation, they would be akin to the tax treatment in 1997 when the fifth pay commission recommendation was implemented wherein the tax was deducted at the time of payment.

The lack of clarity over taxation of arrears that government employees will receive following the implementation of the 6th Pay Commission recommendations has finally cleared. The tax on first installment will be deducted in the current fiscal and that on the second installment will be deducted next year when they receive the actual payment. Confusion had arisen about the tax treatment of the pay arrears that central government employees are about to get as part of their latest wage revision. According to finance ministry sources, only the first installment of the arrears would be taxed this fiscal. The taxation, they would be akin to the tax treatment in 1997 when the fifth pay commission recommendation was implemented wherein the tax was deducted at the time of payment.

We are all aware arrears payable on account of implementation Sixth Pay Commission are to be paid in two installments — 40% this year and the rest next year. As per reports, the tax on first installment will be deducted in the current fiscal and that on the second installment will be deducted next year. Now, when arrears of pay are received in any particular year, it could artificially raise the tax liability in that year. This happens because due to the receipt of arrears, the total income increases and consequently the tax payable increases. However, this is unfair to the taxpayer. Had he originally received the money in the year (s) that he was supposed to receive it, the additional tax would have been staggered over the years instead of converging in one year as a lump sum payment . Therefore, the law allows a tax deduction under Sec. 89(1) for this additional tax burden and we will be examining the same in detail. Incidentally, this deduction is available to every taxpayer wh...

For the Receipt of pay and allowances pertain to previous years as arrears, Income tax Act provides for a relief under Section 89(1) of the IT Act. It works as follows. Spread the arrears that you have received to the respective years. For example, if you have received arrears for the last two financial years and the current year break it into three (i.e) for the year 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09. Calculation 1 Calculate income tax for the taxable income without including arrears for 2006-07 and 2007-08 seperately based on tax structure applicable during these years. Then add apportioned arrears to the respective year’s taxable income and again find the tax. Find the difference in tax on account of addition of arrears portion. this difference has to be calculated for 2006-07 and 2007-08 seperately. Then these two difference tax amounts have to be added to find out the total difference in tax on account of arrears portion added to the taxable income in the relevant years. This is the r...

NEW DELHI: University Grants Commission on Wednesday accepted the report of its Pay Review Committee after making some minor changes in its recommendations. Acknowledging that Readers in colleges/universities could have got a better deal, UGC made some changes in the pay band. It also emphasised that after the pay hike, universities will have to ensure high teaching standards. UGC will now send its recommendation to the HRD ministry. It has also been asked to give details of demands by teachers' unions and how the pay review committee has dealt with them. Now it is up to the HRD ministry to accept the recommendations after consulting the finance ministry. The full commission meeting on Wednesday was attended by a senior finance ministry official. It is expected that the government will implement the pay hike that will be effective from January 1, 2006. UGC's Pay Review Committee has recommended a minimum of 70% salary hike along with a host of increments and allowances to teach...

University teachers are likely to get fatter pay packets soon with the HRD Ministry expected to take a final view on the UGC Pay Review Committee recommendations by the end of this week. "A deadline has been fixed by the Ministry to complete the whole process by October before the proposal is sent to the Cabinet for approval," a senior ministry official told the news agency on Wednesday.He said next week, the cabinet note is expected to be ready and it will be sent to Health, Finance and Agriculture ministries for their views as certain institutions come under these.To expedite the new pay package, senior ministry officials have held intense discussions on the issue during the past two days.The UGC had sent the report of the G K Chadha Committee which recommended over 70 per cent hike in the salary structure of university teachers.Allaying fears that implementation of new pay scales could amount to violation of the Model Code of Conduct which has come into force in five poll-...

The Pay Review Committee after detailed deliberations has made the following recommendations about various aspects of revision of pay and allowances, service and working conditions of teachers, Librarians, Directors of Physical Education and other Academic Staff in colleges and universities recognized by the University Grants Commission. I New Nomenclature for various teaching posts Assistant Professor for Lecturer Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) for Lecturer (Senior Scale) Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) for Lecturer (Selection Grade) Associate Professor for Associate Professor Senior Associate Professor New Position Professor for Professor Senior Professor New Position Professor of Eminence New Position II New Scales of Pay and Allowances EXISTING AND PROPOSED SCALES OF PAY FOR UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE TEACHERS A. POSTS SPECIFIC TO UNIVERSITIES CATEGORY EXISTING PAY SCALE NEW PAY BAND GRADE PAY 1 Assistant Professor 8000- 275-13500 ...

New Delhi, October 3 The University Grants Commission-appointed pay review committee, headed by Prof G K Chaddha on Friday recommended over 70 per cent pay hike with additional allowances and new positions to academics in the higher education sector. It also recommended 65 years as the retirement age, which can be extended up to 70 years. The committee submitted its report to UGC Chairman Prof Sukhadeo Thorat. UGC will meet on October 7 and 8 to accept the recommendations. According to the committee’s recommendations, at the entry level, a faculty member will join as an assistant professor, not as a lecturer as earlier, and his new pay band will be between Rs 15,600 to Rs 39,100. The teacher at the entry level will be entitled to a grade pay of Rs 6,600. At present, a lecturer’s pay scale is between Rs 8,000 to Rs 13,500. A teacher will be entitled for annual increment of three per cent of the basic salary with compounding effect. Certain teachers with good performance record will be e...

NEW DELHI: Soon, an entry level university/college teacher could be earning around Rs 5,000 more per month than a fresh IAS recruit. Unbelievable as it may sound but the University Grant Commsion’s Pay Review Committee, by recommending a minimum 70% salary hike along with a host of increments and inducements, has made it clear that knowledge economy is the next big thing and the government must invest on teachers for long-term gains. Among other major proposals aimed at attracting better talent to teaching, the committee headed by former JNU vice-chancellor G K Chadha said the post of lecturer should be replaced by that of assistant professor. The panel also recommended giving five advance increments to those joining with a PhD degree. In monetary terms, a PhD holder who joins as a teacher in a central university would get Rs 29,696 per month (basic Rs 15600+grade pay Rs 6600+five increments Rs 3400+DA Rs 4096) whereas a newly recruited IAS gets Rs 24,360. The report given to the UGC o...

NEW DELHI: In what could bring cheers to the university teachers, the UGC-Pay Review Committee on Friday recommended a whopping over 70 per cent pay hike with additional allowances and new positions to academics. The committee, headed by Prof G K Chadha, today submitted its report to the UGC Chairman Prof Sukhadeo Thorat. As per the recommendations, at the entry level, a faculty member will join as an assistant professor, not as a lecturer as earlier, and his new pay band will be between Rs 15,600 to Rs 39,100. The teacher at the entry level will be entitled for a grade pay of Rs 6,600. At present, a lecturer's pay scale is between Rs 8,000 to Rs 13,500. For assistant professor, assistant professor (senior scale) and assistant professor (senior grade), the pay band will between Rs 15,600 to Rs 39,100 while the grade pay will vary, Chadha told reporters here. A teacher will be entitled for annual increment of three per cent of the basic salary with compounding effect. Certain teache...

HYDERABAD: Members of the AP Federation of College Teachers’ Associations (FCTA) on Wednesday observed ‘protest day’ expressing resentment against ‘inordinate’ delay in submission of the Sixth UGC Pay Review Committee report to the Centre. S. Laxminayarana, chairman, said in a statement that the day marked the beginning of the agitation by university/college teachers. He stated that members of the federation would be forced to resort to more drastic action, including a nation-wide strike, if the committee failed to submit its report before October 5. Members of the AP Affiliated College Teachers’ Association also observed protested day in response to a call by the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations. G. Mallikarjun Rao, general secretary, said in a statement that 4,500 colleges across the State had protested.

Panaji, Sep 24: In response to the call given by All India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organizations (AIFUCTO), the University College Teachers’ Association Goa (UCTAG) is going to observe Wednesday September 24 as ‘protest day’. This is to protest the failure of the sixth UGC Pay Review Committee (PRC) or Prof Chadda Committee, to submit its recommendations to the central government on time. AIFUCTO president Prof Thomas Joseph and general secretary Prof Ashok Barman, clarified that the Chadda Committee was required to submit its report by September 6. The leadership of AIFUCTO has repeatedly voiced the sentiments of teachers that the PRC should submit its report within the prescribed time limit. The failure of the committee to submit its report even after implementation of the sixth Pay Review Committee recommendations for central government employees is a matter that deserves serious national concern. The XIth Plan perspective clearly states that inclusive devel...

The University Grants Commission constituted Committee to review the pay scales and other issues of service and working conditions of university and college teachers in the country has assured to provide the teachers a very decent deal. Prof G K Chadha, Chairman UGC Pay Review Committee said that it was deliberating on issues connected with higher education in a socio-economic and cultural milieu qualitatively so much different from what it was a decade ago, particularly in view of the demands of new global challenges in the higher education sector especially at the level of college education. He asserted that the committee would provide the best for the teaching profession vis--vis corporate sector and civil services. He assured that the committee would provide recommendation which would encourage the best talent to join teaching profession, provide them incentives and pay scales parity with civil services and also remove anamolies of the last pay commission. The committee is fully co...

A University Grants Commission pay panel has promised that the average raise for university teachers will be higher than what corresponding government officials are to receive under the Sixth Pay Commission. The committee, headed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice-chancellor G.K. Chadha, is also set to recommend a uniform retirement age. The age is 65 in central universities but, as Chadha pointed out, it varies from 55 to 70 in educational institutions under states. “We will ask all states to invoke a uniform policy on the age of retirement and re-employment of teachers. The uniformity is essential to rid India’s higher education sector of inter-regional disparities,” Chadha said today. The committee has been criticised by teachers’ bodies for failing to submit its report by the September 6 deadline. The panel was set up along with the Sixth Pay Commission and both reports were to be implemented together. The Centre finalised the findings of the pay commission and notifi...

Let me welcome you all this afternoon to this press conference on behalf of the Pay Review Committee that, as you are well aware, has been constituted by the University Grants Commission to review the pay scales and other issues of service and working conditions of university and college teachers in the country. I wish to share with you and through you with my lakhs of university and college teacher colleagues spread in various parts of the country—some really remote and far flung— the progress of the functioning of the Pay Review Committee, particularly the range of issues on which the Committee has been dilating with a view to giving the teachers a very ‘decent deal’. As you are aware, the Pay Review Committee was appointed in the larger context of the VI Central Pay Commission appointed by the Government of India for recommending the revised scales of pay for central government employees. Now that the recommendations of the VI Central Pay Commission have finally been accepted and no...

New Delhi, Sept. 7, 2008: To most of the university teachers the question haunting them is that when they will get pay hike on the lines of 6th Pay Commission recommendations. Though central government employees are set to get their hiked salary from this month the university teachers may well have to wait a bit longer. University teachers were hoping that they too would get similar hikes as recommended by the sixth pay commission. Around 5.5 million central government employees have got around 25 percent pay hikes besides hefty increment in allowance and other facilities.Several state governments including Uttar Hradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttrakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh have announced to form committees to implement the sixth commission recommendations in their respective state.The UGC Pay panel review committee headed by GK Chadha has said that the committee has not completed its study. The message was recently conveyed to the HRD minister Arjun Singh who grudgingly app...

NEW DELHI: In the light of the announcement of revised pay scales for Central Government employees, the Federation of Central Universities’ Teachers’ Associations has demanded that the University Grants Commission’s Pay Review Committee submit its report at the earliest. “When UGC Chairman S.K. Thorat met us recently, he assured us that the committee would submit its report within 15 days of the decision on the Central Pay Commission report. We are concerned over certain reports that the committee may take another three to six months to submit its report,” said Federation president Aditya Narayan Misra on Wednesday. The teachers federation has threatened that if the report is not submitted immediately it will observe a dharna and hunger strike outside the University Grants Commission office on Friday. http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/28/stories/2008082854400400.htm

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Teachers from 18 central universities have called off their strike Sep 5, keeping in mind that a number of teachers would be involved in the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls Friday, official sources said. The Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Association (FEDCUTA), which has long been protesting the University Grants Commission (UGC) pay review committee’s demand for more time to submit its report, had planned to go on strike Sep 5. “However, as we realized that many teachers of Delhi University (DU) who are a part of FEDCUTA will be busy on Friday with the DUSU polls, we decided to call off the strike,” Kamal Mitra Chenoy, professor in Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) School of International Studies, told IANS. The association is now planning to organise a mass protest rally Sep 17. The pay review committee was set up Sep 7 last year, with G.K. Chadha, former vice-chancellor of JNU, as its head. It was to submit its report Sep 6 this y...

Sirsi, Mar 15 (UNI) The University Grants Commission (UGC) has agreed to consider the long-pending demands of All India Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisation (AIFUCTO). Karnataka University College Teachers' Association President Prof Lingaraj R Angadi, also AIFUCTO Executive Committee Member, told reporters here today that an assurance to this effect was given by UGC Chairman Sukhadeo S Thorat and Union Human Resources Development Ministry Secretary Sudeep Banarjee when a AIFUCTO delegation, led by its President Thomas Joseph, met them in New Delhi recently. He said the AIFUCTO members had also staged a dharna in front of the UGC at New Delhi recently, urging the Union Government to fulfil their demands. They were demanding, among other things, abrogation of privatisation and commercialisation of education from primary to university, concrete government order on constituting the Sixth Pay Commission and UGC Pay Review Committee, deletion of neg...

Top academicians of the country can hope for top salaries too. The faculty members of IITs and IIMs may see a salary rise as high as 200%, to bring them at par with global pay levels. Not just that, the pay scales will be relaxed and a contract system introduced for offering flexible pay packs to ensure that the best brains are not lost to the private companies.Despite the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations not having a direct bearing on their salaries, the recommendations made by a separate committee formed by the Union ministry of HRD—to be possibly submitted within six months—will have enough clues to take from the Commission recommendations to help country’s top institutes compensate their faculty members in the best terms possible. The exercise is to ensure that the faculty is encouraged, salarywise, to put in their best in shaping up the country’s top talent.“The recommendations will be based on what has been laid down in the Sixth Pay Commission, as has been the norm. And if t...

New Delhi, Aug 16, 2008: With Union Cabinet’s approval, 6th Pay Commission becomes a reality. But people are finding it difficult to get news about pay bands, gratuity, its effects on Golden Hand Shake or VRS schemes and host of other issues. http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15969&Itemid=88

In Institutions those joined in 8000 scale fixed with 4 increments for PhD the basic is 9100. Those joined before 01.01.2006 for eg., 01.12.2005 in New Entry Group A 8000-275-13500 scale now got two increments. Totally Six increments. With new CPC Report now thier fixed pay is 22,670. But those joined after 01.01.2006 with PhD also going to fixed in the same Rs.22,670/-. If the new entry will get increment in Jan 2008 will be in the next scale ie., Rs.23,150/-. In case Jan 2007 means Rs.23,630/-. But those entered before 01.01.2006 and if that person will get increment on October 2008 will get the basic after freshly joined person. That means Junior will get more salary than Senior by 2 increments difference. Here the Pay Anamoly is noticed. Post your comments on this.

In our State Medical, Veterinary and Agricultural Universities the New entry Assistant Professor Scale is Rs.8000-275-13500. The same scale is also given for the lecturers working in the Arts and Science Colleges. The lectures selected for arts and science selected based on their Master degree qualification. They are usually completed their PG degree in 2+3+2 pattern. At the same time the Assistant Professor selected for Professional colleges completed their degree in 2+5+2 pattern. They spent 2 more years to complete their UG qualification and in PG their research period is one year. At the same time for arts and science PG degree their project period is only 6 months. So the faculties selected for professional colleges should get higher start i.e. Rs.10000-325-15200 scale (As per 6th CPC Rs.15600-39100 + 6100). It’s a very important one to implement in the next pay commission. Because compare to arts and science faculties they spent 2 more years for UG degree and 6 more months for re...