Specifiation of Allowances in 6th Pay Commission as Per UGC to Sr. College Teachers

Besides the scales of pay, the Pay Review Committee also recommends the
revision of various existing allowances admissible to teachers. Some new
allowances have also been recommended to be granted to the teachers, once
again, to make the pay and allowances more attractive for both bringing fresh
talent into the profession and also for retaining those who are already in the
University and College structure.

1 House Rent Allowance
The Pay Review Committee recommends that teachers working in different parts of
the country shall be entitled to House Rent Allowance according to the following
three categories of cities:
Category X with population of 50 lakhs and above
(A-1 cities earlier) = 30% of (Basic Pay + Grade Pay)
Category Y with having population of between 5 lakhs and 50 lakhs
(A, B-1 and B-2 cities earlier) = 20% of (Basic Pay + Grade Pay)
Category Z with population below 5 lakhs
(C and unclassified cities) = 10% of (Basic Pay + Grade Pay)

2 Dearness Allowance and City Compensatory Allowance
Dearness Allowance may be allowed to the teaching faculty as admissible to the
central government employees from time to time.
The VI Central Pay Commission has abolished City Compensatory Allowance and
the Pay Review Committee agrees with that recommendation in respect of teachers
also.

3 Transport Allowance
The VI Central Pay Commission has raised the Transport Allowance from Rs. 800
upto Rs. 3200. The Pay Review Committee recommends that teachers should be
paid the allowance in the following graded manner, according to the size of the cities
wherein the institutions are located:
A-1/ A Class cities (13 notified cities1) Rs. 3200+ DA thereon
Other Cities Rs. 1600+ DA thereon
This allowance shall be admissible to all college and university teachers, irrespective
of the distance between the place of residence and the place of work, whether or not
they are residing in an accommodation provided by the employer on the premises of
the institution.

4 Children’s Education Allowance (CEA)
The Pay Review Committee recommends that a teacher shall be entitled CEA for the
school going children up to Class XII at the following rates per month on
reimbursement basis in line with the provision for central government employees.
Up to Rs. 1000/- per month, per child up to a maximum of two children
Up to Rs. 3000/- per month, per child who is residing in a school hostel, up to a
maximum of two children.
However, both hostel subsidy and child education allowance cannot be availed
of concurrently.
The above limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the
dearness allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%.

5 Academic Allowance
There has been a persistent demand from all sections of the teaching community for
some regular, monthly academic allowance to meet the expenses for internet
rentals, computer peripherals and for buying books and journals all of which have
become very expensive. Finding the demand justified, the Committee recommends
that an academic allowance of Rs.1500 Per month should be paid to an Assistant
Professor, Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) and Assistant Professor (Selection
Grade) and Rs. 1200 per month to Associate Professor, Senior Associate Professor,
Professor and Senior Professor towards meeting the expenses. It will also make the
pay packages more attractive for the new entrants since teachers in Assistant
Professor category will get more academic allowance in comparison with Associate
Professor, Senior Associate Professor, Professor and Senior Professor.
The Committee has consciously made the recommendation of paying higher
Academic Allowance to teachers in various categories of Assistant Professor
since in its view their needs at the initial stages of their academic career are

Notified 13 Cities:: Hyderabad (UA), Delhi (UA), Bangalore (UA), Greater Mumbai(UA), Chennai(UA),
Kolkata(UA), Ahemadabad(UA), Surat(UA), Nagpur(UA), Pune(UA), Jaipur(UA), Lucknow(UA),
Kanpur(UA)

more than those of senior teachers in the categories of Associate Professors
and Professors.

6 Research Promotion Grant (RPG)
Apart from several representations received by the PRC, several teachers’ have
voiced the demand for seed money to encourage research work in universities and
colleges. The Committee is aware of the fact that potential researchers need to be
encouraged to match the global competition. It is of the opinion that research works
should be treated as national investment and that substantial measures should be
taken in this regard.

The PRC recommends that new entrants to the profession should be given one
time start up seed money of Rs. 2.00 lakhs and Rs. 5.00 lakhs for
humanities/social sciences and sciences respectively as financial support for
carrying out research against duly approved projects.
The process for granting approval to such projects should be developed by colleges
in consultation with departments/discipline in the university and in the university
through faculty committee of advanced study of research and board of study.

6 Special Compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance
The Committee has taken note of the problems in filling the posts in the hill districts
and therefore recommends that a Special Compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance
of Rs.600 per month may be allowed to teachers posted in these areas as
notified by the Central/ State Governments.

7 Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance
The Committee has taken note of the large number of vacancies of teachers in the
remote areas and feels some special compensation is called for to attract teachers to
work in the remote areas. The Committee therefore recommends Special
Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance to the teachers as admissible to
the Central Government employees on the terms and conditions governing the
grant of Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance.
Provided that in places where more than one Special Compensatory Allowance is
admissible, the teachers in such stations will have the option to choose between the
allowances (mentioned at 5.2.13 and 5.2.14 above) whichever benefits them the
most.

8 Special (Duty) Allowance for Teachers Serving in North Eastern
Region including Sikkim and Ladakh
The Committee recommends a Special (Duty) Allowance at the rate of 12.5% on
pay plus grade pay to teachers serving in these areas as applicable to Central
Government employees.

9 Deputation Allowance
Deputation duty allowance for local or outstation postings may be allowed at
the rate of 5% and 10% respectively on pay plus grade pay subject to a
maximum of Rs. 2000 and Rs.4000 respectively.

10 Leave Travel Concessions
The Teachers Associations have suggested the following pattern of LTC.
A Block of 2 years should be followed in place of 4 years
Home Travel: Every Year
Entitlement: By Air from the beginning of the service
To begin with the Asian countries should be included in the scheme of LTC
In case of non-availing of LTC it should be en-cashable.
The Sixth CPC has made certain changes in the travel entitlement and definition of
family. The Committee endorses these modifications and recommends the same
may be applied to the teaching faculty also as and when notified by the Government
of India.

Recommended Pattern of LTC: As regards the pattern of LTC, the PRC feels every
teacher must get a break at least once in a year. It therefore recommends the
following pattern of LTC for teaching faculty.
LTC for travel to Home Town may be allowed on any three occasions not
exceeding one in a year in a block of 4 years.
For any one year of the block of four years, LTC may be allowed for any place
in India. It would thus mean total of 4 LTC in a block of 4 years but not
exceeding one in any one year. The PRC however does not recommend
encashing of LTC if not availed during a block year.
The LTC for family members may be allowed to be combined with seminars/
workshops and other academic assignments being attended by the teacher.

11 Traveling Allowances
Traveling Allowances on tour or transfer has been revised by the Government of
India for the Central Government employees. Air Travel has been allowed to
incumbents of posts with grade pay of Rs. 5400 and above. The Committee
recommends that teaching faculty may also be allowed TA/DA as admissible to
Central/State Government employees, as the case may be, from time to time.

12 Medical Allowance / Medical Insurance
Teachers from various parts of the country had also demanded that they be paid
some monthly allowance to meet their day to day medical expenses, since medical
facilities and medicines had become very expensive.
The Committee, however, was not in favour of recommending a fixed monthly
medical allowance. Instead, the Committee recommends that a better purpose
towards this end would be served by recommending a medical insurance for
all teachers wherein a teacher would pay 30% of the premium and the rest
would be contributed by the University/College.
The Pay Review Committee further recommends that the University Grants
Commission negotiate with leading medical insurance companies to get the
teachers across the country the best possible deal.

13 Group Insurance
The VI Central Pay Commission has recommended that the subscription of Group A
officers for group insurance scheme should be raised to Rs. 720 per month from the
present Rs.120 per month.

The Committee recommends that a similar group insurance scheme should be
made applicable to all university and college teachers throughout the country
to ensure adequate social security for them. The University Grants
Commission may also negotiate with various group insurance agencies to get
the best possible deal for teachers.

14 Consultancy Assignments
The Pay Review committee is of the considered opinion that teachers both in
universities and colleges should be encouraged to accept consultancies, direct
projects, register patents, R&D Products and technology transfers as a part of their
academic duties. This would help the society at large to benefit from the professional
inputs by the academic community and contribute directly to societal development.
Besides it would help the individual teacher to augment his/her personal and
institution resources. The Committee therefore recommends that the resources
earned by a teacher through consultancy should be divided between the teacher and
the institution in the manner give below. The University Grants Commission should
also lay down detailed guidelines for carrying out consultancy work since this would
help transparency and uniformity in such work.
(i) Amount received up to 30% of the gross salary (basic salary+ grade
pay+ DA+ Academic Allowance) – No sharing, entire amount to go the
teacher concerned.
(ii) Amount received beyond 30% and up to the gross Salary - Sharing of
the money beyond 30% in the ratio of 70:30 between the teacher and the
institution respectively.
(iii) Amount received beyond the gross salary – To be shared in the ratio of
50:50 of the amount of the money received beyond the gross salary
between the teacher and institution.
The Committee recommends that the proposed arrangement should work for five
years where after the scheme should be reviewed in view of future developments.