Archive | September, 2009

Sixth Central Pay Commission: Delhi cabinet accepts better pay for power employees

23 Sep

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) The Delhi Cabinet today approved enhanced pay package for around 4,000 employees of government power companies.

The Cabinet accepted the recommendations of a wage revision committee that suggested slightly better pay package for the power companies than the recommendations of the sixth Central Pay Commission, officials said. (more…)

Sixth Pay Commission: Sibal asks IIT faculty to re-think hunger strike, says it’s unfair

23 Sep

Yielding no more than a Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS) for the protesting IIT faculty, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday expressed his disapproval for the method and modes of protest being used by the faculty fora to protest against the revised pay notification issued for centrally funded institutions like IITs and IIMs last week. (more…)

Sixth Pay Commission: Roses, IIT teachers and strikes

23 Sep

Faculty members of all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will “strike” work on Thursday to press their demands for better pay and prospects. But is it a strike?

Call it a rose by another name. Faculty members of all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will “strike” work on Thursday to press their demands for better pay and prospects. It is a variety of action that is sure to make the recent behaviour of the much better paid Jet Airways pilots look shameful. But is it a strike? (more…)