Ahead of Elections, BJP-Led Mahayuti Govt Increases Salaries Of Madrassa Teachers
Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, the BJP-led Mahayuti government has decided to increase the salary of madrasa teachers and the working capital of the Maulana Azad Financial Corporation.
The step seems to have been taken to woo the backward castes and classes and thereby counter the setback it received during the Lok Sabha election. In a cabinet meeting chaired by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday, they approved a draft ordinance to accord constitutional status to the Maharashtra State Scheduled Caste Commission, and requested the Centre to raise the income limit to qualify for ‘non-creamy layer’ to Rs 15 lakh per year from Rs 18 lakh.
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The primary teachers with a D.Ed degree will see their monthly pay almost triple to Rs 16,000 from Rs 6,000 at present, while the monthly payout of secondary school teachers with B.Ed will increase from Rs 8000 to Rs 18,000.
The state government had asked the Madrasas to provide modern education along with religious studies under the Zakir Hussain Madrassa modernization scheme. Along with religious studies, science, mathematics, sociology, English, Marathi, Hindi and Urdu are proposed to be taught in Madrasas.
The state minority department has also tabled the proposal to increase the working capital of the Maulana Azad Financial Corporation from Rs 600 to Rs 1000 crore. The government had also increased the investment capital for tribal welfare boards. The state government announced the setting up of co-operative boards for Shimpi, Gavali, Lad Shakiya-Wani, Lohar, and Nam Panth community boards. Each cooperative board will be given Rs 50 crore as investment capital to carry out various social and community activities, reports The New Indian Express.
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Another major decision taken during the cabinet meeting was the increment of the income limit to qualify for ‘non-creamy layer’ to Rs 15 lakh per year from Rs 8 lakh at present.
