NFAEE

National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees NFAEE Regn.No.17/9615 Recognised by DAE vide DAE OM No. 8/1/2007 – IR&W/95 dated 13th June 2007 Opposite: NIYAMAK BHAVAN,  Anusaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094 Web site: www.nfaee.blogspot.com Email address: nfaee@yahoo.com Ref.No: nfaee/sg/09/074                                                             05.05.2009   To   All Affiliates, NFAEE   Dear Com,   Department of Atomic Energy vide OM No. 1/1/ (5)/2008-SCS/284, 285 & 286 dated 5th May 2009 introduced Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS) in DAE.   On behalf of all DAE Work forces, NFAEE extend heart-felt gratitude to Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Secretary DAE and Shri. A.P. Joshi, Additional Secretary DAE for their continuous effort for getting approval and introduction of PRIS to DAE Employees.   Following are the incentives under PRIS:   I.                  ORGANISATIONAL INCENTIVE:   Organizational Incentive to be awarded to all personnel of DAE, payable monthly basis with effect from 1st September 2008, based on the achievement of set of mission goals and review of overall performance of the Organization once in five years by the Atomic Energy Commission.   The Organizational Increment shall be in the form of Special Allowance at the rate of 20% of the basic pay i.e., pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay payable on a monthly basis to all the personnel of DAE and its constituent units based on accomplishment of various objectives.   The grant of this allowance is for a period from 01.09.2008 to 31.08.2013 and the same is subject to review by Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) at an appropriate time for its continuation.   The payment of this allowance to the personnel of DAE and its constituent units during any financial year will be subject to the following conditions:   a)     The employee should have minimum attendance i.e., not less than 150 working days during the preceding calendar year. Leave period on account of Maternity, medical grounds and for approved course of studies will also be counted for attendance for this limited purpose. However, for the half year 2008 – 09 the working days required would be 75. b)     The final grading of the employee in the Confidential Report of the preceding calendar year should be “Average” or above.   The grant of Special Allowance shall be withdrawn immediately under the following circumstances:   a)            On initiation of disciplinary proceedings and/or placing an employee under suspension. However grant of allowances shall be restored with retrospective effect, if the employee is exonerated of all charges. b)            Employees not serving the DAE on account of taking up any other assignment outside DAE.   The Special Allowance shall be a separate element and will not be treated as part of the basic pay for any purpose like HRA, DA, Transport Allowance, Pension, etc.   II.             GROUP INCENTIVE:   Group Incentive to be awarded to specific groups on an annual basis, based on their achieving set targets in the high and R&D areas or innovative technologies or programmatic goals in a particular year. The Expert Committee to be constituted by the department for this purpose will set the targets as well as review the achievements.   The grant of Group Incentive shall be in the form of Special Allowance at the rate of 10% of the basic pay i.e., pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay of the individual during the financial year. The Group Incentive is payable to the members of the Group annually based on the annual assessment   The scheme of Group Incentive shall commence from 01.04.2009.   The payment of this allowance to the personnel of DAE and its constituent units during any financial year will be subject to the following conditions:   a)    The employee should have minimum attendance i.e., not less than 150 working days during the preceding calendar year. Leave period on account of Maternity, medical grounds and for approved course of studies will also be counted for attendance for this limited purpose. However, for the half year 2008 – 09 the working days required would be 75. b)    The final grading of the employee in the Confidential Report of the preceding calendar year should be “Average” or above.   The grant of Special Allowance shall be withdrawn immediately under the following circumstances:   a)      On initiation of disciplinary proceedings and/or placing an employee under suspension. However grant of allowances shall be restored with retrospective effect, if the employee is exonerated of all charges. b)      Employees not serving the DAE on account of taking up any other assignment outside DAE.   The Special Allowance shall be a separate element and will not be treated as part of the basic pay for any purpose like HRA, DA, Transport Allowance, Pension, etc.   III.         INDIVIDUAL INCENTIVE:   Grant of variable additional increments to deserving Scientific and Technical personnel at the time of promotion in recognition of individual meritorious performance with effect from 1st January 2009. Individual achievements will be considered and assessed by the Departmental Promotional Committees (DPCs) at the time of review for merit promotion which will evaluate the performance of the candidate including innovativeness, accomplishment of assignments, creativity, etc exhibited by the candidate during the aggregated period of review. Based on the assessment, variable additional increments will be recommended by DPCs.   Dear Comrades,   At last to put a pull stop for the rumors and allegations, DAE’s OM on PRIS become a reality.  The factual position has come out exactly as the Secretary DAE committed on 11th February 2009 as well as the Additional Secretary reassured on 18th March 2009 and vindicated the stand taken by NFAEE on the issue of PRIS.   NFAEE express its gratitude to all affiliates and DAE employees for their solidarity extended to the Federation.   Warm fraternal greetings   Yours comradely,    (Jayaraj.K.V) Secretary General Address for Correspondence: Jayaraj.KV, Secretary General, NFAEE PESS/UED; BARC, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085 Tel. No: (O): 022 – 25594549; (Res): 022 – 2746 4704; (Mobile): 9869501189 Email Address: nfaee@yahoo.com, jrajkv@yahoo.com