The State Government has decided to extend financial incentives to the teachers of pre-clinical and para-clinical disciplines of the SCB Medical College, Cuttack and MKCG Medical College, Brahmapur.
Secretary Health and Family Welfare Pramod Kumar Meherda has issued orders to this effect on September 1.
Dr Meherda in his order has said that the financial incentives amounting Rs 20,000 will be provided to professors, associate professors and assistant professors of SCB and MKCG. The incentives will be provided over and above their monthly salaries, said the order.
Earlier, the incentives were extended to the teachers of pre-clinical and para-clinical disciplines working in new Government Medical Colleges as well as those in VIMSAR, Burla.
The pre-clinical and para-clinical disciplines as defined by the Medical Council of India (MCI) include Anatomy, Physiology, Bio-Chemistry, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (FMT), Pathology, Micro Biology and Community Medicine.
Dean, Principal and Superintendent of medical colleges belong to the disciplines will also get the incentives. The faculty availing leave of any kind except casual leave will not be eligible to get the incentive during the leave period.
Similarly, those faculty members who are under long absence and unauthorised absence and during transit of the transfer will not be allowed to get incentives.
Authorities of the medical college hospitals (MCH)s will put a transparent mechanism to monitor attendance and accordingly incentives will be drawn and disbursed in favour of the faculty.