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)
