Around 9,500 employees of the state's civil courts would get revised salaries in accordance with the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations.
It could not be immediately known from when the revised payments would be made.
The state cabinet on Thursday okayed a government decision in this regard which was taken in the light of the orders of the Supreme Court and Patna High Court.
The cabinet accorded its sanction to the construction of a Chemotherapy Day Care Unit for cancer treatment at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences at a cost of over Rs 4.14 crore.
The cabinet also sanctioned the creation of 16 additional teaching posts and 50 additional non-teaching posts in the Patna Dental College. The move is aimed at enabling the college to meet the parameters of Dental Council of India.
The cabinet also okayed the government's decision to construct a new museum of international standards on the Bailey Road to promote tourism. For the purpose, government quarters numbering two to seven on the western side of the Patna High Court would be demolished.
The space at the existing Patna Museum, which has 45,000 artifacts, is sufficient to ensure the display of only 2,700 of them. The new museum would facilitate public display of the remaining artifacts.
The cabinet also gave its go-ahead to the government to pay Rs 10,000 each to 37,760 girl students who secured first division in the last matric examination, conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board. The incentive scheme under the Mukhyamantri Balika Protsahan Yojana would entail an expenditure of Rs 37.7 crore.
On the other hand, the cabinet's nod to the payment of Rs 1,000 to the contract teachers of primary and middle/high schools, over and above their regular increment every third year, would involve an annual expenditure of Rs 170.2 crore.
In accordance with the announcement of the CM, the cabinet okayed payment of diesel subsidy to the farmers for three "patwan" or irrigation schedules at the rate of Rs 15 per litre for Rabi crops. This would also be payable to farmers in and around urban areas.
Besides, the cabinet approved the government's decision to pay additional support price to farmers at the rate of Rs 50 per quintal during procurement of paddy. The cabinet okayed release of Rs 35 crore from the government's contingency fund for the purpose.
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Govt revises pay scales of govt pharmacists with effect from Jan, 2006
The Union Ministry of Finance has decided to revise the pay scale of the government pharmacists with an upgradation in their grade, following recommendation from the Fast Track Committee assigned to look after the demands made on the Sixth Central Commission.
According to the recommendation of the committee, the entry grade of pharmacists in central government would remain at a grade pay of Rs 2800 in the pay band PB1 even as all the incumbents would be granted non functional upgradation in the next higher grade having grade pay of Rs 4200 in the pay band PB2, on completion of two years' service in the entry grade.
The pharmacist grade one and two will be merged and designated as pharmacist (non-functional grade). The designation will be granted to the entry level pharmacists on completion of two years of service, according to the official memorandum issued by the Department of Expenditure (Implementation Cell), Ministry of Finance.
The decision is to implement the new pay scale with effect from January 1, 2006, and all the pharmacists who are under service from the said date would soon get the arrears on this account.
The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), the statutory body regulating the pharmacy education and profession in India, applauded the move to upgrade the pharmacists to the pay band PB2. The PCI has extended demand to revise and upgrade the pay scale of government pharmacists with the Sixth Control Pay Commission. However, the PCI's request to eliminate entry grade post, which is the lowest in the pay scale, and to provide better grade for the freshly appointed pharmacists is not accepted by the committee.
“The upgradation of pharmacists after two years service to pay band PB2 is something more than our expectation. We are happy that the government has extended such a support. For our demand to remove the entry grade from the post of pharmacists, we will be submitting our representations to the government soon,” said Dr B Suresh, president, PCI. The council will submit the recommendation to the anomalies committee requesting action in the Sixth Pay Commission implementation itself, he added.
The pay scale for entry grade pharmacists were Rs 1500 to 2000 while the grade two pharmacist had a pay scale of Rs 5000 to 8000 as grade pay till now. The grade one pharmacist had a pay scale of Rs 5500 to 9000.
source :pharmabiz
According to the recommendation of the committee, the entry grade of pharmacists in central government would remain at a grade pay of Rs 2800 in the pay band PB1 even as all the incumbents would be granted non functional upgradation in the next higher grade having grade pay of Rs 4200 in the pay band PB2, on completion of two years' service in the entry grade.
The pharmacist grade one and two will be merged and designated as pharmacist (non-functional grade). The designation will be granted to the entry level pharmacists on completion of two years of service, according to the official memorandum issued by the Department of Expenditure (Implementation Cell), Ministry of Finance.
The decision is to implement the new pay scale with effect from January 1, 2006, and all the pharmacists who are under service from the said date would soon get the arrears on this account.
The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), the statutory body regulating the pharmacy education and profession in India, applauded the move to upgrade the pharmacists to the pay band PB2. The PCI has extended demand to revise and upgrade the pay scale of government pharmacists with the Sixth Control Pay Commission. However, the PCI's request to eliminate entry grade post, which is the lowest in the pay scale, and to provide better grade for the freshly appointed pharmacists is not accepted by the committee.
“The upgradation of pharmacists after two years service to pay band PB2 is something more than our expectation. We are happy that the government has extended such a support. For our demand to remove the entry grade from the post of pharmacists, we will be submitting our representations to the government soon,” said Dr B Suresh, president, PCI. The council will submit the recommendation to the anomalies committee requesting action in the Sixth Pay Commission implementation itself, he added.
The pay scale for entry grade pharmacists were Rs 1500 to 2000 while the grade two pharmacist had a pay scale of Rs 5000 to 8000 as grade pay till now. The grade one pharmacist had a pay scale of Rs 5500 to 9000.
source :pharmabiz
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Patna University to pay revised scales to employees
The Patna University (PU) Syndicate on Friday decided to implement the payscales recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission for the Class III and IV staff of the university. PU would urge the state government to release necessary funds for implementing the revised scales.
The Syndicate, at its meeting held here under the chairmanship of vice-chancellor Shyam Lal, discussed the demand of non-teaching staff in detail and decided to end the discrimination between the payscales of the government staff and the university staff.
Approving a resolution presented by Syndic Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, the Syndicate urged the ex-officio members, the HRD principal secretary and director of higher education, to attend the meetings of the Syndicate and Senate as the HRD department has of late been taking keen interest in the routine activities of the university. Usually these officials do not attend the meetings of various statutory bodies of the university.
The meeting expressed grave concern over the inordinate delay in disposal of suspension cases of teachers. Even though several teachers of PU remain suspended for the past six months to one year, PU has failed to take any final decision in the matter. The Syndics demanded that PU must place a concrete decision on all such cases in the next meeting of the Syndicate. Patna University Teachers/ Association has also been demanding withdrawal of suspension of all teachers.
The Syndicate further authorized the VC to decide the issue of grant of lien to teachers considering the merit of the individual case. No fixed criterion can be framed for granting lien to a teacher, they observed.
The Syndicate decided to apprise the state government of the proposal put forward by the Vedanta Foundation regarding setting up an information technology centre in the university under joint collaboration. It also decided to cancel the contract given to a private contractor for his failure to complete the work in the stipulated period and making false charges against Patna College principal.
The Syndicate, at its meeting held here under the chairmanship of vice-chancellor Shyam Lal, discussed the demand of non-teaching staff in detail and decided to end the discrimination between the payscales of the government staff and the university staff.
Approving a resolution presented by Syndic Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, the Syndicate urged the ex-officio members, the HRD principal secretary and director of higher education, to attend the meetings of the Syndicate and Senate as the HRD department has of late been taking keen interest in the routine activities of the university. Usually these officials do not attend the meetings of various statutory bodies of the university.
The meeting expressed grave concern over the inordinate delay in disposal of suspension cases of teachers. Even though several teachers of PU remain suspended for the past six months to one year, PU has failed to take any final decision in the matter. The Syndics demanded that PU must place a concrete decision on all such cases in the next meeting of the Syndicate. Patna University Teachers/ Association has also been demanding withdrawal of suspension of all teachers.
The Syndicate further authorized the VC to decide the issue of grant of lien to teachers considering the merit of the individual case. No fixed criterion can be framed for granting lien to a teacher, they observed.
The Syndicate decided to apprise the state government of the proposal put forward by the Vedanta Foundation regarding setting up an information technology centre in the university under joint collaboration. It also decided to cancel the contract given to a private contractor for his failure to complete the work in the stipulated period and making false charges against Patna College principal.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Gujarat University teachers ask state government to decide pay scale issue in two days
The Gujarat State Federation of University and College Teachers Association that is agitating for over a month over the issue of their pay scales has decided to give an extension of two days to the government to meet their demands.
The association, unhappy with the revised general resolution (GR) of the state government about their pay scale, is protesting against the government failure to decide their pay structure as per the University Grants Commission (UGC) norms.
The teaching community reacted strongly when a GR passed by the state education department on October 6 specified the pay structure of the university and college teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. The teachers’ federation started state-wide protest agitation and organised programmes like presenting ‘blood-sprinkled’ bouquets to officials and sending protest letters signed in blood to the Education Department.
The federation postponed their protests before the state education department released the revised GR on November 11. However, later, the federation described the revised GR a ‘deception’ in the name of UGC provisions.
Prof K S Shastri, the president of the federation, said, “The new GR is a deception as it is a copy of the old GR. Almost 80 per cent of the UGC provisions have been ignored in it. Moreover, there is no change in the provision of application of service rules of the state government.”
Following the new GR, the federation had decided to continue with the agitation programmes and gave a final deadline to the Education Department to make the necessary changes
Source : Indian Express
The association, unhappy with the revised general resolution (GR) of the state government about their pay scale, is protesting against the government failure to decide their pay structure as per the University Grants Commission (UGC) norms.
The teaching community reacted strongly when a GR passed by the state education department on October 6 specified the pay structure of the university and college teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. The teachers’ federation started state-wide protest agitation and organised programmes like presenting ‘blood-sprinkled’ bouquets to officials and sending protest letters signed in blood to the Education Department.
The federation postponed their protests before the state education department released the revised GR on November 11. However, later, the federation described the revised GR a ‘deception’ in the name of UGC provisions.
Prof K S Shastri, the president of the federation, said, “The new GR is a deception as it is a copy of the old GR. Almost 80 per cent of the UGC provisions have been ignored in it. Moreover, there is no change in the provision of application of service rules of the state government.”
Following the new GR, the federation had decided to continue with the agitation programmes and gave a final deadline to the Education Department to make the necessary changes
Source : Indian Express
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