12 DU colleges under financial crisis after Delhi Govt. budget slash: Officials
While speaking on the same, Vikas Gupta, DU, Registrar said that they will take up the issue of non-release of funds with the AAP government and the issue was also raised at the Executive Council meeting of the university held on October 29.
Around 12 Delhi University colleges funded by the Delhi government have alleged that they are facing a financial crunch as their allocated budgets have been slashed. These colleges claimed that because of this they are facing difficulties in paying the salaries of teachers.
While speaking on the same, Vikas Gupta, DU, Registrar said that they will take up the issue of non-release of funds with the AAP government and the issue was also raised at the Executive Council meeting of the university held on October 29.
A senior faculty member of Maharaja Agrasen College, claimed, "Teachers have not been paid their salaries for five months. The government has slashed the allocated budget by half. Not only salaries, but the teachers also are not getting their pension and other allowances."
Explaining the situation, Subodh Kumar, president of staff association of the Maharaja Agrasen College and coordinator of all the 12 colleges, said teachers want the teaching-learning process to continue but the government is not letting it happen, as reported by Hindu.
"The government has an issue with the Delhi University. The issue has been going on before the Covid pandemic. There was a tussle over the formation of governing bodies but they were formed. Then they (govt) alleged corruption in colleges and despite various audits, they did not find anything. After the pandemic, they said they don't have money and slashed the budget. Earlier we (the college) were getting Rs 28 crore which has been brought down to Rs 16 crore," he claimed.
Apart from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, other colleges funded by city government are Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Bhagini Nivedita College, Acharya Narendra Dev College, Maharishi Balmiki College of Education, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Science, Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Science and Maharaja Agrasen College.
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