The State Government on Saturday hiked the salary of all Block Grant (BG) college teachers and staffs by 25 per cent.
Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrahy said the hiked pay of BG teachers would be effective retrospectively from May 31, 2016.
He said teachers and staffs of 488 and 662 categories would get their revised salary with retrospective effect from June 1, 2016 while there will be a 3 per cent hike in their salary every year.
Apart from these teachers and staffs, teachers of Shastri and Upashastri colleges would also benefit, the Minister said.