PU BOARD OF FINANCE TO MEET ON APRIL 10

 

With the Panjab University (PU) Board of Finance (BoF) assembly set to be hung on Monday, the enhancement of honorarium to visitor college and beginning a handicapped allowance for disabled personnel in keeping with a Punjab authorities notification are probably to return back up.

PU syndicate, the varsity`s government body, in December had accredited the adoption of the University Grants Commission`s (UGC) 2019 suggestions to beautify honorarium for visitor college. As in keeping with the UGC letter, the honorarium for the visitor college may be elevated from ₹1,000 to ₹1,500 in keeping with lecture and the month-to-month ceiling from ₹25,000 to ₹50,000.

The selection changed into accredited via way of means of the vice-chancellor on December 19 and may be cited in the approaching BoF assembly.

The handicapped allowance, to be powerful from January 1, 2023, is about to be ₹1,000 in keeping with month as in keeping with a Punjab authorities notification in December 2022.

The BoF may even planned at the pay of at once recruited professors previous to January 1, 2006, as in keeping with the UGC suggestions. This could have an approximate economic legal responsibility of ₹23.38 lakh. The depend were taken into consideration via way of means of the board of finance of their assembly in 2016. The ministry of human useful resource improvement had despatched a rationalization in 2020, with a view to now be positioned in the front of the BoF and the arrear may be paid after the approval.

The BoF may even planned on improving honorariums for selection, screening-cum-assessment and inspection committees in phrases with guidelines made in 2019. The honorariums had been endorsed to move up from ₹2,500 to ₹5,000 in keeping with day for the chancellor and V-C`s nominees. This, however, will now no longer be paid to PU instructors and fellows. They may even talk improving the honorariums paid to inspection committee professionals from ₹1,500 in keeping with day to ₹3,000 in keeping with day.

The board will planned on growing the mileage charge of tour via way of means of car/taxi from ₹10 in keeping with km to ₹14 in keeping with km, with tolls being paid after furnishing evidence of real spending.

The BoF will check out V-C`s advice of making the location of companion dean of scholar welfare. An extra rate of this could receive to a varsity trainer on an honorarium of ₹3,000 in keeping with month.

The board may even don't forget the V-C`s advice to alternate the nomenclatures of the publish of para-scientific-assistant and leader scientific officer in Bhai Ghanaiya Ji Institute of Health Sciences to multi-cause fitness worker (female) and scientific officer, respectively. The nomenclature of laboratory assistant, Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences, is likewise anticipated to be modified to operation theatre assistant. These will don't have any economic legal responsibility.