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Thursday, June 11, 2015


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Ref. No: nfaee/sg/15/119                                                                               11.06.2015

To

    All Affiliates,
    NFAEE

Sub:- National Council (JCM) leaders Meeting with Pay Commission

Dear Comrades,

          The final meeting with the 7th Pay Commission and National Council leaders was held on 9th June 2015 at New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Com. Shivagopal Mishra Secretary Staff Side, National Council (JCM), M. Ragaviah Leader Staff Side, KKN Kutty President Confederation M. Krishnan General secretary Confederation, M.S. Raja Working President Confederation, Sreekumar General Secretary AIDEF, etc.

          The meeting elaborately discussed about the following issues:

·                  Principles of Wage Determination
·         Minimum Wage & Ratio of Minimum and Maximum Pay
·         Proposed Pay Structure and Rate of Increment
·         Career Progression: Grant five promotions in the service career
·         Bonus
·         New Pension Scheme
·         Pension and other Retirement Benefits
·         Parity in pay scales
·         Insurance Scheme 
·         Educational Assistance, etc.

The Pay Commission also intimated that the Report shall be submitted to the Government in the last week of August 2015’

Copy of the note issued by the Secretary Staff Side, National Council (JCM) is attached herewith.
With fraternal Greetings

Comradely yours



                                                          (Jayaraj KV)
Secretary General
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No.NC/JCM/7thCPC/2015                                             Dated: June 9, 2015
To
All Constituents of NC/JCM (Staff Side),
Dear Comrades,

Sub: Brief of the meeting held on 09.06.2015
Between NC/JCM (Staff Side) and 7th CPC
A meeting of National Council JCM Staff Side with 7th Pay Commission was held on 09.06.2015 at New Delhi. It was last meeting of 7th Pay Commission with JCM. JCM had already submitted memorandum regarding common issues of Central Government Employees to 7th CPC on 30th June, 2015. JCM submitted memorandum in two parts. Part one deals with Pay, allowances, advances, facilities, benefits et., Part II is concerning retirement benefits, viz Gratuity, Pension, Medical facilities etc.
Today delegation of NC JCM Staff side went for final deliberations regarding issues of central government employees and pensioners with 7th CPC.
Detailed discussion was held on the following points:-
1.   Principles of Wage Determination:Staff Side insisted that 7th CPC should adopt the need based minimum wage formula at the minimum level; the intrinsic value of the assigned job at the intermediary level; the necessity to keep the relativity both at horizontal and vertical level and the need to provide a reasonable salary for the top bureaucrats, taking into account the perks, privileges, benefits, allowances and concessions that go with the posts. 7th Pay Commission gave positive response on this.
2.   Minimum Wage & Ratio of Minimum and Maximum Pay:- JCM urged that the Need-Based Minimum Wage concept to compute pay at the minimum level may be adopted. Pay Commission should take into account the outside rates to determine the pay package at senior levels of bureaucracy but maintain the ratio between the minimum and maximum at 1: 8 (MTS to Secretary to Govt. of India). Staff Side insisted that minimum pay at lowest level of Group C staff should be Rs. 26000. 7th Pay Commission gave positive assurance on this.
3.   Proposed Pay Structure and Rate of Increment:- Staff side demanded open- ended pay scales to ensure that no employee stagnates without increment. We have suggested only 14 Pay scales. Minimum of which is Rs. 26000 and Maximum Rs. 78000 for Group C employees. We suggested that the multiplication factor (26000/7000 = 3.7) may be applied uniformly in all the cases to arrive at the revised pay in the new scales of pay. We also suggested that the benefit on promotion, therefore, should be: two increments in the feeder cadre. 7th CPC agreed to act positively on this.
4.   Career Progression: Grant five promotions in the service career:- The three time bound scheme of MACP instead of improving the situation has been found less beneficial and has therefore not gone to address the inherent problem of demotivation that has crept in due to the high level of stagnation. The discontent amongst the employees in the matter is of high magnitude today. The VII CPC therefore, should recommend that the cadre reviews are undertaken wherever not done to ensure five hierarchical promotions to all employees in their career on the pattern obtaining for Group A Officers. 7th Pay Commission assured to act positively on this.
5.   Bonus:-Presently the PLB and adhoc bonus are calculated on the deemed provision that one’s total emoluments is only Rs. 3500/-. This is an absolutely irrational stipulation and must be removed. We request that the Commission to recommend to the Government to remove the said stipulation and grant the bonus on the basis of the actual emolument of the employee. 7th pay commission agreed to recommend our demand with positive note.
6.   New Pension Scheme:-We requested VII CPC to review and recommend the scarping of NPS in the light of the observations made by Hon’ble Supreme Court that pension is a fundamental right. We also insisted that compulsory imposition of NPS on employees has made it discriminatory and recommendation for scrapping NPS and the PFRDA Act may be made. 7th Pay Commission was very much sympathetic.
7.   Pension and other Retirement Benefits:-Staff side demanded that the amount of pension must be enough to enable a pensioner to live free from want with decency, independence, and self-respect and at a standard equivalent at the pre-retirement level. We also urged pay commission to examine the principles which should govern the structure of Pension and other retirement benefits, including revision of pension and granting parity between past and future pensioners. 7th CPC assured positive approach towards pensioners.
8.   Parity in pay scales – We demanded that, where recruitment rules, training etc. are same, they should be brought into one singular grade/pay scale. Giving example of parity to Stenographers with the Ministry and Subordinate Offices. Similarly, in other common categories like Rajbhasha, Paramedical Staff etc.
9.   Insurance Scheme was discussed (earlier also) in detail. It was told by the Pay Commission that something substantial should be done in this regard; and also to consider the issue of enhanced gratuity, for which 7th CPC was seen willing to consider the same.
10.               Educational Assistance – we have demanded for Educational Assistance for two children, instead of two eldest children, and also to pay the same for Post Graduate and Professional Courses. Pay Commission has agreed to consider it up to Graduation level
Yours faithfully,


Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary Staff Side

National Council (JCM)