Govt relaxes professors’ pension scheme till June 30
Times of India | 10 January 2026
KOLKATA: The higher education department has granted a relaxation till June 30, allowing universities to sanction retirement benefits and pensions instead of routing them through the DPPG.
At a joint press meet on Tuesday, several teachers’ bodies opposed centralising pension disbursement via the DPPG, calling it an “attack on autonomy”.
A senior Presidency University teacher noted that the DPPG provision was introduced in 2000 under the Left government but never implemented. “Why is the current government enforcing it now? It is bureaucratic intervention. We trust the CM and education minister to uphold university autonomy and retain pension settlement with the university,” the teacher said.
JUTA general secretary Partha Pratim Ray said, “Despite the relaxation till June 30, we want universities to remain the sanctioning authority as per statute, and employees to receive their due retirement benefits.” A Calcutta University teacher feels, "A committee may be formed to review the implementation challenges."