TIFR To Pay Half Of Net February Salary Due To Fund Crunch
The government-run Tata Institute of Fundamental Research will pay only half of the net salary to its staff for February due to fund crunch.
"Due to insufficient funds, all staff members and students/post-doctoral fellows of TIFR, its centres and field stations will be paid 50 percent of the net salary for the month of February immediately," TIFR registrar Wing Commander (retd) George Antony said in a letter to the staff.
"Remaining part of the salary will be paid when sufficient funds are available," he said in the letter. Antony declined to comment when contacted by PTI.
Despite getting just 50 percent of the salary, the staff and fellows will have to bear deductions as per their full salary. "All deductions will be calculated on full salary and will be deposited to respective authorities as per rules," the communication from the registrar said.
A former staffer said the pay cut decision will impact the around 3,000 employees, students and post-doctoral fellows of TIFR in Mumbai and other centres.
Noted historian Ramachandra Guha said TIFR is in a perilous state.
The perilous financial state of one of India's finest scientific research institutes https://t.co/Zr4HYBzycC
March 7, 2019Another twitter user said the government should explain why this (salary cut) has happened. "If this is the condition of TIFR, then what will be the future of education in our country?" he said. A tweet appeared to question the motive for shortage of funds to TIFR. "There goes another piece of prime real estate. I suspect thats the real game going on - just like the cantonments. TIFR will be asked to move out. Magically, funds will reappear. In a more remote location." it said.
TIFR is a national centre of the Government of India under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy, as well as a deemed university awarding degrees for master's and doctoral programmes.
The institute was founded in 1945 with support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust under the vision of Dr. Homi Bhabha.
TIFR carries out basic research in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science and science education. The main campus is located in Mumbai, with centres at Pune, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
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