A large number of aided colleges of Punjab are without salary since November 2015. Dr. Jagwant Singh, President, Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union (PCCTU). In a statement condemned Punjab Govt. for its failure to pay the salaries in time. He said that Govt. of Punjab shifted to monthly release of salary grants w.e.f. financial year 2015-16 with a promise to pay the salary every month. Assurance was given by S. Surjit Singh Rakhra after Punjab Govt. failed to pay quarterly salary grants for 3 quarters (May 14 to Feb 15). The assurance was that now onwards grant will be released every month to ensure payment of salary. The backlog was to be cleared in installments. However, Govt. has started defaulting again since November and this has forced teachers to launch agitation.