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7th Pay Commission: Government extends salary hike benefits for 758000 teachers

7th Pay Commission recommendation for the revision for the salaries of teachers and academic staff has cleared by the government.  Finally, the central government has come up with good news for all the teachers and other academic staff Union government institutions and the state government funded Universities. And this decision of the salary revision will be implemented with effect from 1st January 2016. As per the reports, on Wednesday central government cleared the salary revision recommendation of the University and colleges teachers which is now set to increase from Rs 10,400 to Rs 49,800.

However, salary revision is the biggest relief for all the central government teachers and staff. As It is the decision that is going to affect the lives of around 8 lakhs teachers and other academic staff in higher educational institutions under the University Grants Commission. The HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in cabinet meeting said that the government has extended the benefits of the Seventh Pay Commission for the teaching faculty of central and state universities and aided colleges.

As per the reports, this move will benefit 7.58 lakh professors, assistant professors and others. And the HRD minister also stated that they would hike salary anywhere between Rs 10,000 and Rs 50,000. The salary revision will register growth rate in the range of 22% to 28%.

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