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Bihar raises monthly honorarium for government medical college professors to ₹2.07 lakh
✍️ Amar Ujala · Patna
🗓 08 Sep 2026, 09:42 PM
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The Bihar Health Department has increased the monthly pay for contract professors and associate professors in state medical colleges to ₹2.07 lakh, benefitting several other staff categories as well.
The Health Department of Bihar announced a revision of the honorarium for faculty members employed on contract in its government medical colleges. Under the new scale, a professor will receive a monthly salary of ₹2.07 lakh, while associate professors and other designated staff will see proportional increases.
The decision aims to address long‑standing demands for better compensation and to retain qualified teaching personnel in the state's medical education system. Officials said the revised pay structure will be implemented from the upcoming financial quarter.
The move has been welcomed by faculty unions, who view the increase as a step toward parity with central government institutions. The department plans to monitor the impact on recruitment and quality of medical training across Bihar's colleges.
No further details on the exact figures for other categories were released, but the announcement confirmed that all contract‑based teaching and support staff will benefit from the revised pay scale.
The decision aims to address long‑standing demands for better compensation and to retain qualified teaching personnel in the state's medical education system. Officials said the revised pay structure will be implemented from the upcoming financial quarter.
The move has been welcomed by faculty unions, who view the increase as a step toward parity with central government institutions. The department plans to monitor the impact on recruitment and quality of medical training across Bihar's colleges.
No further details on the exact figures for other categories were released, but the announcement confirmed that all contract‑based teaching and support staff will benefit from the revised pay scale.