These government employees PAY HIKED! Yogi Cabinet approves increased salary for these staffers in Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to increase some Uttar Pradesh government employees pay. These staff are working at the Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS), Saifai. Their pay will now be on par with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) employees. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

There are four medical institutions-- Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, King George's Medical University (KGMU) and UPUMS, which the government considered on par with AIIMS. While the other three institutions were getting salary and allowances on par with AIIMS, UPUMS employees too will now get the same benefits.

There will be 200 doctors, 1200 employees and 250 residents will be benefited with the government decision and it will put an additional burden of Rs. 15 crore per year on state exchequer.

The state cabinet has also approved various land and other issues to start satellite campus of KGMU in Balrampur district named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In the beginning, Rs 85 crore will be spent on setting up of 300-bedded hospital.