Mumbai, August 26: The 42-day old strike by college teachers in Maharashtra was called off tonight as the state government agreed to give them higher pay under the Sixth Pay panel as per UGC recommendations.
The decision to call off the strike was announced by the teachers’ associations following a four-hour meeting with Higher and Technical Education Minister Rajesh Tope here.
The revised salaries to the teachers would cost the state government around Rs 600 crore, an official said.
—Agencies