The Tamil Nadu government on saturday announced a hike in salary for teachers in Universities, government colleges, and government aided colleges. The move would cause the government about Rs 557.49 crores and would benefit 20,000 teachers. The minimum increase would be Rs 6,672. Likewise, in the case of professors, the revised pay would be Rs 62,085 against their current pay of Rs 40,344, an increase of Rs 21,741. As for the government employees, the new pay scales would be fixed notionally from January 1, 2006.