DUTA Delhi University Teachers' Association

DUTA Letter to Sh. Manish Sisodia,  Hon'ble Dy. Chief Minister                                                                                                                           (Download Link)                                                                                                                                                31/01/2018 Sh. Manish Sisodia, Hon'ble Dy. Chief Minister, A-wing, 6th level, Delhi Secretariat, IP Estate, New Delhi - 110002 Sub: Appeal to release funds immediately to Delhi Government maintained Delhi University Colleges Dear Sir, The Delhi Government maintained colleges of Delhi University have not received funds from Delhi University for the past two months. As a result, the teaching staff and karamcharis have not yet received salaries for a month now. Some colleges have not yet been able to give summer salaries to ad hoc teachers because of lack of fund. The Staff in these colleges have been facing endless pe

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DUTA PRESS RELEASE, 30.01.2018                                                                                                                           A preliminary study of the notification of the 7th Central Pay Commission for teachers and equivalent cadres in universities and colleges shows that it is a major let-down for the teaching community. There is nothing to rejoice about the announcement of the pay revision as it gives nothing spectacular or advantageous to the teaching community. The DUTA expresses complete shock that this scheme is subject to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide OM No. 1/1/2016 - E. III (A) dated 13.01.2017. The said Office Memorandum stipulates that the Central Universities are supposed to get only 70% of the enhanced financial burden on account of the Pay Revision, the rest to be met by the Universities through self-generation of resources. Further, no decision has been taken on allowances and p

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FEDCUTA condemns physical assault on teachers at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan The FEDCUTA strongly condemns the physical assault on faculty members of Visva-Bharati including Prof. Sudipta Bhattacharyya (President, VBUFA), Dr. Bikash Chandra Gupta (Secretary, VBUFA), Dr. Biswajit Halder (EC member, VBUFA) and Prof. Tapas Kundu (Member, VBUFA) outside the office of the Registrar. This is not only an attack on some individuals but on the entire academic community of Visva-Bharati, founded by Rabindranath Tagore who championed personal freedom, freedom of speech and sanctity of academic environment.  The FEDCUTA demands immediate action against the miscreants and extends its solidarity to the members of the Visva-Bharati community. It also shares their resolve to continue to ensure that this institution of national importance remains a place where, in Tagore's words, "the mind is without fear and the head is held high". We also demand that a person of academic re

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