Anger in Visva-Bharati as salaries are delayed without explanation
The Hindu
The university PRO, the only official authorised to speak to the media, did not respond to calls for comment.
There is anger in Visva-Bharati over the unexplained delay in the payment of salaries and pension for June. Salaries are usually credited on the last day of every month but they remained unpaid until at least Monday afternoon — a delay of five days — with no word from the authorities. The Visva-Bharati University Faculty Association (VBUFA) and the critics of Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty call the delay “intentional and arbitrary”. The university PRO, the only official authorised to speak to the media, did not respond to calls for comment. “Many aged retired employees visited banks as usual to withdraw their pension and returned with pain. The right to receive salary and pension is a fundamental right enshrined under Article 21 of Constitution and non-payment would have direct bearing on quality of life as upheld by the verdict in many court cases in India,” the VBUFA wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the Chancellor of Visva-Bharati.More Related News