UP Teachers, Lecturers & Professors Sixth Pay Commission Salary Hike

The latest news on Sixth Pay Commission has brought news for the Higher education teachers of Uttar Pradesh or UP. As per the news, the Teachers, lecturers & Professors involved in Higher education are all set to receive good salary hike following the Chaddha Committee or Chadha Committee recommendations for the UGC or University Grants Commission. The UP State government has finally agreed to and issued the fitment tables, making way for the payment of "hiked salaries".

Are the Teachers really happy about this order?
The answer appears to be NO. The reason is that desspite the raised salary for Teachers, the order is late by 5 months, hence the Teachers are unhappy about the losses for those 5 months. Moreover, there are several key aspects that are missing. One such example is that increase in age of superannuation to 65 years and payment of arrears with effect from January 2006. All this will mean that though the salary will be hiked, the effective hike will not be that beneficial as compared to the central government UGC Teachers.
Moreover, it is reported that there is no change in the post and designation titles, as suggested by Chadha Committee, and implementation of government orders for family planning increment, HRA, child care and maternity leaves may have been left out. Details are still awaited.

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What is the reaction of teachers?
Surprised.
The Lucknow University Associated College Teachers Association (LUACTA) mentions that the missing of these several key benfits mean that the effective hike is not that beneficial. There are proposals for strike, if the issues are not clearly addressed by the state government by July 28, 2009.
It may also become a mass movement if they are successful in roping in teachers from all over the state for the proposed strike