Officials from some of these institutions stated that the 12 Delhi University Colleges funded by the city government are facing a shortage of funds because their allocated budgets have been cut. They claim that, as a result, these institutions also face difficulties in paying teachers’ salaries. DU registrar Vikas Gupta stated that they will discuss the issue of non-distribution of funds with the AAP government.

This issue was also raised at the University Executive Committee meeting held on October 29th. A senior faculty member at Majaraja Agrasen College claimed: “Teachers have not received their salaries for five months. The government has cut the allocated budget by half. Not only salaries, but teachers have not received their pensions and other allowances.” Explaining the situation, Subodh Kumar, chairman of the staff association of Maharaja Agrasen College and coordinator of all 12 colleges, said that teachers want the teaching process to continue, but the government does not allow it to happen “University of Delhi.

This problem has been happening before the Covid pandemic. There have been disputes over the establishment of a governing body, but they have already been formed. “Then they (the government) accused the university of corruption. Despite conducting various audits, they found nothing. After the pandemic, they said they had no money and cut their budget. Earlier we (the university) received 280 million rupees. Down to 160 million rupees,” he claimed. Kumar called it “inhumane treatment,” and he said that teachers would be forced to protest to resist such distortions by the government.

He said that this is the crisis in which teachers are forced to resign. Hem Chand Jain, principal of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, said: “Last year, the government issued 4.2 billion rupees to the college, but this year they reduced it to 280 million rupees. We have received two installments, but looking at the situation, the money is only Allows us to pay six months’ salary,” he claimed.

He said that the compensation committee for the seventh time increased family allowances and other allowances, and 80 teachers were promoted along with non-staff. Jain said that before the Covid pandemic, the college had 122 teachers, but now we have 115 teachers. “Seven teachers left, including six temporary teachers. One of the temporary teachers worked in a school because she said she would be paid at least on time,” Jaen added.

News Source : Hindustan Times