Tuesday 13 June 2017

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7th Pay Commission: Allowances likely to be finalised tomorrow, arrears might be denied





The Union Cabinet will put an end to the wait for revised allowances under the Seventh Pay Commission as a decision is expected to be reached when it convenes tomorrow. After being dropped from the agenda of the last Cabinet meeting, chances are good that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will table the proposals in this regard at the one tomorrow.
The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) had submitted its suggestions to Jaitley on June 1 after considering the review report from Committee on Allowances led by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa. Around 50 lakh central government employees have been waiting for revised allowance rates to be implemented since.
The E-CoS report includes proposals on House Rent Allowance (HRA), Dearness Allowance (DA) along with others, based on the Lavasa Committee recommendations. Arrears against revised allowance rates are also expected to feature in the list of proposals set to be put up before the Cabinet.
Meanwhile, reports suggest that Cabinet may decide to not pay arrears for the period of almost a year that allowance rates have been delayed. Saving funds is cited as one of the reasons behind this probable move.
The government has been able to save Rs 2,200 crore per month or Rs 40,000 crore cumulatively since January 1 last year because of the delays in revised allowances distribution. The loan waiver extended by the Maharashtra government to farmers of the state may also be a factor, stated a Times of India report.
On the other hand, Cabinet may also look into demands of higher allowance rates raised by the central government employees to compensate for delays in implementing the said rates. Central government employees want the rates to be retained at 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent for Class X, Y and Z cities, even if they are not hiked. The Committee has capped HRA between 2 per cent and 27 per cent. Several reports suggest that the new allowances will be implemented from July.
The pay commission had recommended abolition of or subsuming of allowances like acting, assisting cashier, cycle, condiment, flying squad, haircutting, rajbhasha, rajdhani, robe, shoe, shorthand, soap, spectacle, uniform, vigilance and washing.
The Lavasa Committee was constituted in June last year after the government implemented the recommendations of the Pay Commission.
The Seventh Pay Commission had recommended abolishing 53 of the 196 allowances, and subsuming 36 other allowances. It also recommended slashing the House Rent Allowance (HRA) -- for metros, commission recommended bringing down the HRA from 30 per cent to 24 per cent.
The Seventh Pay Commission had recommended the rate of House Rent Allowance (HRA) be kept at 24 percent, 16 percent and 8 percent of the Basic Pay for Class X, Y and Z cities respectively.

All India RMS &MMS Employees Union Group C

FOR PERSONAL ATTENTION OF ALL GENERAL SECRETARIES/NFPE OFFICE BEARERS/ALL INDIA OFFICE BEARERS/CIRCLE SECRETARIES/DIVISIONAL & BRANCH SECRETARIES OF NFPE UNIONSMAKE THE ALL PHASED AGITATIONAL PROGRAMMES AS MENTIONED BELOW A GRAND SUCCESS FOR SETTLEMENT OF 10 POINTS CHARTER OF DEMANDS

AGITATIONAL PROGRAMME

Phase- I           – Mass Dharna in front of all Divisional offices.
Date -              -  20.06.2017
Phase – II        - Mass Dharna in front of all Circle/Regional offices.
Date –             - 12.07.2017
Phase – III       - Mass dharna in front of Postal Directorate, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi.
Date –                         - 26.07.2017
Phase IV          - One day nationwide strike on 23.08.2017 (Formal notice of the strike will be served later.)

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1.    Filling up of all vacant posts in all cadres of Department of Posts i.e.  PA, SA, Postmen, Mailguard, Mailmen, Drivers and Artisans in      MMS,MTS, PACO, PASBCO, Postal Accounts and GDS.
2.    Implementation of positive recommendations of GDS committee Report. Grant of Civil Servant status to GDS.
3.    Membership verification of GDS and declaration of result of regular employees membership verification.
4.    Stop all types of harassment and victimization in the name of new schemes and technology induction and under contributory negligence factor and Trade Union victimization.
5.    Payment of Revised wages and arrears to the casual, part-time, contingent employees and daily rated mazdoors as per 6th& 7th CPC and settle other issues of casual labourers.
6.    Stop Privatization, Contractorization and outsourcing.
7.    Implement Cadre Restructuring for left out categories i.e. RMS, MMS, PACO, PASBCO, Postmaster Cadre Postal Accounts etc. and accept the modifications suggested by Federation before implementation of cadre restructuring in Postal Group ‘C’.
8.    Provision of CGHS facilities to Postal Pensioners also as recommended by 7thCPC.
9.    Withdraw NPS (Contributory Pension Scheme). Guarantee 50% of last pay drawn as minimum pension.
10.  Implement five days week working for operative staff in the Postal department.

Human Chain of Central Government Employees and Pensioners on 22nd June 2017

AT ALL IMPORTANT CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

MASSIVE PROTEST AGAINST THE BETRAYAL OF THE BJP-LED NDA GOVERNMENT

  • High Level Committee, assured by the Group of Minsters, not yet constituted. First anniversary of the Hon’ble Cabinet Minister’s assurance will be on 30.06.2017. No increase in Minimum Pay and fitment formula.
  • 7th CPC took 18 + 2 months only for submitting report after examining the entire service conditions, pay scales, allowances, Pensionary benefits of about one crore Employees and Pensioners including military personnel. Allowance Committee took almost 12 months for examining only 52 allowances!! BJP Government is deliberately delaying the revised allowances to deny arrears.
  • Option-I parity for pensioners recommended by 7th CPC and accepted (??) by cabinet, mercilessly rejected by appointing a feasibility Committee.
  • NPS Committee is for further strengthening NPS and not for withdrawal of NPS or for guaranteeing minimum pension as 50% of last pay drawn.
  • MACP promotion denied to thousand of employees by imposing stringent conditions on bench mark.
  • Gramin Dak Sevak Committee Report submitted to Government on 24.11.2016 (Seven months over) still under process.
  • Exploitation of casual and contract workers continues. Equal pay for equal work denied.
  • Autonomous body employees and pensioners cheated by Government by denying their legitimate wage revision and pension revision.
  • No negotiated settlement on the charter of demands submitted to Government by JCM (staff side) and Confederation.
ORGANISE HUMAN CHAIN TO DEMONSTRATE OUR STRONGEST PROTEST, ANGER AND DISCONTENTMENT
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation
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