662, 488-category colleges also considered for full grant
The State Government has decided to provide Block Grant to all 150 eligible non-Government colleges and full grant to 662 and 488-category non-Government colleges by June 30 this year.
While the Chief Minister has already approved the proposal, a notification to this effect would be issued very soon on behalf of Higher Education Department, sources said.
The sources informed, while a lecturer of 662-category colleges will receive monthly salary of Rs 14,317, the demonstrators, librarians and PETs will get Rs 13,905 each. However, they will not get any dearness allowance as per the decision, the sources said.
Presently, the lecturers of these colleges are drawing a monthly salary of Rs 5,633 which is 40 percent of the Block Grant.
For the 488-category non-Government colleges, the Government has made provisions of grade salary, five increments and dearness allowance for the lecturers. The monthly salary of the lecturers would be Rs 15,985 while each of the demonstrators, librarians and PETs will have a monthly salary of Rs 15,525.
The revised salary would be paid with effect from January 1, 2014.
The government has also decided to provide 40 percent Block Grant to 150 colleges found eligible by June, 2013. The teaching and non-teaching staffs of these colleges would receive 60 percent of the Block Grant salary after three years of service, 75 percent after six years and full grant after eight years of service.