Anti-rabies free to APLs, pay hike for part time teachers:Govt decides

Gandhinagar, 18 January 2012

Gujarat Cabinet meeting today took a decision to provide anti rabies vaccine free-of-cost to patients belonging to Above Poverty Line (APL). It will entail an additional expenditure of Rs.8.75-crore annually.

The government spokesperson-ministers Jay Narayan Vyas and Saurabh Patel said that APL patients were earlier charged Rs.500 per doze and the vaccine was given free-of-cost only to people living Below Poverty Line (BPL). Like other vaccines, it would
be available in government dispensaries, equipped with adequate stock. As per health department data, about 2.75-lakh cases of dog bites are reported in the state during a year, they said.

Gujarat Government has decided to raise the salary of part-time teachers in government-aided and grant in-aid private colleges in the state by Rs.900 to Rs.2,700 with effect from March 1, 2010, government spokesperson-ministers Jay Narayan Vyas and Saurabh Patel said today.

Accordingly, those drawing Rs.3,000 per month for 3 to 4 hours per week would now get Rs.3,900, those getting Rs.6,000 p.m. for 5 to 7 hours per week would now get Rs.7,800, and those getting Rs.9,000 p.m. for 8 to 10 hours per week would now get Rs.11,700. The ad hoc annual raise in salary has also been raised by Rs.100, Rs.200 and Rs.300.