The members of the Upper House on Tuesday sought Government’s attention over the plight of the retired Delhi University teachers who are yet to get their pension while salaries of primary teachers in coalfield areas are held back due to paucity of fund.
Raising the issue of the retired Delhi University teachers’ pension during zero hours, BJP member Rakesh Sinha said that around 600 retired teachers of DU, which is a central university, are yet to get their pension because of which they are under great financial stress.
“Some of them have died waiting for their pension which is very painful”, Mr Sinha said.
The bureaucrats and auditors are apparently responsible for this inordinate delay, he said and demanded immediate intervention of the Government on this issue.
While raising the issue of primary teachers of the Coalfield areas school, Shiv Sena member Sanjay Raut also demanded the Government’s intervention as these teachers were hired on contract basis and being paid a very low salary.
“These primary teachers are not getting their salary for months and they have been hired on contract basis”, Mr Raut said.
He also said that these schools are run by the Government Public Sector Unit Coal India and its subsidiaries like BCCL, Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd, Eastern Coalfield Limited.
“The poor children of coal miners are studying in these schools and teachers are not getting their dues since many months”, he further said.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee has also recommended to regularise these teachers immediately and must be given equivalent salary of government teachers, he added.(UNI)