7th pay commission latest news today: These University teachers on strike; demand 7th CPC implementation

7th pay commission latest news today: Even though huge number of government employees have got hiked salaries as per 7th CPC, there are still a group of other government employees who were ignored. Among these are around 500 teachers based in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology are on indefinite strike since the month of July. 

This is not the first time when government employees are demanding a salary hike. When the administration failed to come to a settlement on the pay issue, the teachers of the Govind Ballabh Pant University went on strike, according to ANI.

The main demands of the teachers were for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission and job regularisation among others. Pantnagar University Teachers Association (PUTA) staged the protest to represent teachers. 

As the administration failed to ring in a new wage settlement led to striking which has affected the new academic session in the university.