(a) whether the newly established IITs have been permitted by the Government to pay more salaries to their faculty;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government proposes to implement
Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) to the faculty in
IIT; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT (SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b): In a recent meeting of the Minister of
Human Resource Develop-ment with the Directors
of new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),
a proposal to top up salaries of faculty was
deliberated upon. It was felt that such
topping up could be allowed provided it is
done through internal accruals and Government
funds are not used for the purpose.
(c) & (d): Yes, Sir. The Government have decided that
effective from 18.08.2009, upto a maximum of
40% of the posts of Professors at any given
point of time, will be eligible for Higher
Academic Grade (HAG) scale of Rs. 67000 –
79000/- without any Grade Pay, after 6 years
of regular service in the Academic Grade Pay
(AGP) of Rs. 10500/- per month, subject to
performance evaluation.