GUWAHATI, June 8 � The State Cabinet today decided to offer revised pay scales to the teachers of the medical colleges, Assam Agricultural University, Regional Dental College, Ayurvedic College, nursing colleges and pharmaceutical institutes.
Official sources said that the Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, decided that the teachers of those institutes would get the revised University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Institutes (AICTE) pay scales with effect from January 1, 2006.
Sources said that the Government would incur an additional expenditure of Rs 275 crore for arrear payment per annum for the revision of the pay scales.
The State Cabinet also decided to pay non-practicing allowance to the doctors of the medical colleges of the state who do not practice outside at the rate of 25 percent of their salary.
