Ahead of the Assembly polls in Gujarat, the State government has announced a slew of sops for teachers, employees of municipalities and others.

The government said ‘fixed-pay’ teachers of government-aided Secondary and Higher Secondary schools across the State would get a significant hike in their salaries. Employees of 105 municipalities would now get salaries according to the provisions of the 7th Pay Commission.

The Gujarat government also raised the annual income cap from ₹1.5 lakh to ₹2.5 lakh for the Mukyamantri Amrutam Vatsalya (MA-Vatsalya) Yojana for free medical treatment of up to ₹2 lakh for serious ailments.

“We have decided to increase the monthly salary of ‘fixed-pay’ teachers of Secondary schools from ₹16,500 to ₹25,000. Assistant teachers, who are getting ₹10,500, will now get ₹16,224.

“Administrative assistants will now get ₹19,950 from the current salary of ₹11,500,” Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said.