Common pay panel report approved

GUWAHATI, June 8: Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi gave his acceptance to the report of the Common Pay Committee (CPC) 2017 for the non-teaching staff of the seven universities in the State.

The Governor who is also the Chancellor of the universities has accorded his acceptance to the recommendations of the CPC and asked the university authorities to take up the matter with the concerned Finance, Higher Education or Agriculture Department to disburse salaries and allowances of the non-teaching staff of the universities as per the recommendations of the CPC.

It may be noted in pursuance to the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Assam’s letter sent to the Governor on June 7, 2018, the Governor gave his approval immediately to take the matter forward. The non-teaching members who will be benefitted from the CPC-2017 belong to seven universities namely Gauhati University, Dibrugarh University, Assam Agricultural University, Bodoland University, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Cotton University and Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University.