A couple of months ago, Telangana Government took a similar step to enhance the retirement age of medical faculty to 65 years. The move came after the State Health Department officials cited the deficiency of eligible candidates for the faculty members’ post. .
Extra Salary, Enhanced Retirement age to 68: Himachal major measures to ensure faculty at medical colleges
Shimla: In a move to immediately stock up its upcoming medical colleges with qualified medical faculty, the government of Himachal Pradesh is planning to take many steps to ensure the employment of medical teachers in these new medical colleges. These include increasing the retirement, offering extra incentives, salary enhancement and much more
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the state has got four new medical colleges located in Nahan, Chamba, Hamirpur, and Ner Chowk in Mandi. The hilly state already has 2 old medical colleges of Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Shimla and Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Tanda in Kangra functioning
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Tribune reports that in a move to meet the adequated number of senior faculty and specialists in the newly opened 4 medical colleges, the Himachal Pradesh (HP) Government is envisioning to increase the retirement age to 68 years from the present 65 years for the medical faculty member. Apart from this the government, unable to find
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