UGC/span constituted pay panel headed by Professor Chaddha to look into the grievances of teachers serving in universities and colleges in the India and suggest new pay package since 6 pay commission has already submitted its report to Govt. of India and the report has already been accepted and implemented by the Govt. UGC Pay Panel submitted its report on 3rd October, 2008 that has to be accepted by the UGC and Govt. of India./p pReport is cheered by the Professors but protesred by the Assist. Professors, Associate Professors and Readers. A faculty member will join as an assistant professor, not as a lecturer as earlier. The teacher at the entry level will be entitled for a grade pay of Rs 6,600 and will draw a salary between Rs15,600 and Rs39,100.. A lecturer’s pay scale at present is between Rs8,000 to Rs13,500. For assistant professor, assistant professor (senior scale) and assistant professor (senior grade), the pay scale will be between Rs15,600 and Rs39,100 while the grade pay will vary. A teacher will be entitled for annual increment of three per cent of the basic salary with compounding effect. Teachers with good performance record can get four per cent annual increment. The committee has recommended a new band pay between Rs 37,400 and Rs 67,000 for professors against the existing scale of Rs16,400 and Rs 22,400. All the teachers will be happy to see the pay package proposed by the UGC Pay Panel except the teachers in existing pay package of 10000-15600 and 12000-420-18,300. Erstwhile Associate Profeesors/Readers are proposed to be fixed in the pay band 15600-39,100 pay band whereas the UG College Principals of the same scale have been proposed to be fixed in the pay band of 37,400-67000. UGC Pay Panel has shown special favor to Professors by increasing their grade pay that should have been fixed to 10,000 but has been proposed to be 11,000. Govt. has upgraded the existing pay scales ending with 18, 300 to Pay Band - 4 though 6th Pay Commission has proposed it to be in Pay band -3. Why has the UGC pay panel has proposed teachers drawing pay in the existing pay scale of Rs 12000-18300 to be fixed in the pay band -3. Although UG Principals placed in the existing pay scale of Rs 12000-420-18300 has been proposed to be fixed in Pay Band-4 (Rs 37000-67000), why not the teachers of the same scale have been proposed to be fixed in Pay Band-4? Have a look on existing and proposed pay scales/bands