THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet gave its clearance for revision of salaries of teachers of government medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy colleges in the State on Wednesday evening.
Briefing the media, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said the non-practising allowance of medical college teachers too would be revised along with pay and allowances. Private practice by medical college teachers would not be allowed.
An official spokesman of the Health Department said the non-practising allowance of medical college teachers would go up by about 25 per cent and patient care allowance by 15 per cent. A medical college professor would now get salary exceeding Rs.85,000 while associate professors would earn more than Rs.77,000 a month. The salary of assistant professors would exceed Rs.50,000.
The ban on private practice would come into effect from September 15. The revised scales of pay would have retrospective effect from January 1, 2006. The arrears of pay up to August this year would be merged with the provident fund. The total outgo from the exchequer for it would be of about Rs.100 crore a year.
Dental surgeons under the Kerala Health Services and lecturers in dental colleges would be exempted from appearing in the entrance examinations for admissions to post-graduate courses under service quota.
