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Allowance for med teachers to be hiked

 In a move to halt migration of teachers from government-run medical colleges to private institutions , the medical education departmen is set to enhance the ceiling on payment of non-private practicing allowance (NPPA), appoint medical teachers on contract and promote eligible lecturers as associate professors.

So far, the ceiling on payment of NPPA was Rs 45,000, which includes the basic salary. Now it has been proposed to enhance the ceiling to Rs 85,000. "Despite the Sixth Pay Commission being in force, medical teachers were not getting the enhanced NPPA owing to the ceiling. We will issue an appropriate order within a week," a senior MED official told TOI on Saturday.

On the appointment of teachers on contract ,theofficial said in view of large number of vacancies in government-run medical colleges across the state, it has been proposed to appoint teachers on contract on a fixed salary of Rs 50,000 against the existing salary of Rs 20,000. "Twenty percent posts are vacant at present. With the contract system , we will be able to fill up the vacancies till the time regular appointments are made ," he said .

"A section of lecturers was appointed on ad hoc basis . Despite them being eligible for promotion , they were not considered .All eligible lecturers willbe promoted soon ," he said .

Source:TOI
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