National Federation of
Atomic Energy Employees
NFAEE
DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY
Regn.No.17/9615
Recognised
by DAE vide DAE OM No. 8/1/2007 – IR&W/95 dated 13th June 2007
NFAEE Office, Opp. NIYAMAK BHAVAN, Anusaktinagar, Mumbai
400 094
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Ref. No: nfaee/15/225 10.12.2015
To
The Chairman
Atomic Energy Commission &
The Secretary to the Government of India
Department of Atomic Energy
Anushakthibhavan
CSM Marg, Mumbai 400 001
Sub: Comments/Views on 7th Central Pay Commission Report -
Reg
Sir,
Please refer the vide letter No. 8/13/2015 –
SCS/16739 dated 8th December 2015 regarding the subject mentioned
above. At the outset we extend our since gratitude for taking initiate by the
Chairman Office on our request to act on the direction given by the Department
of Expenditure vide their letter No. D.O.No.1-4/2012-EIII (A) dated 21st
November 2015.
Since no Nodal Officer at the level of
Jt. Secretary has been appointed to co ordinate the matter related to 7th
CPC Report, we submit the comments/views on Report of the 7th
Central Pay Commission to you. We request you to nominate one Jt. Secretary as
Nodal Officer to interact with the representatives of the employees and the
implementation cell of Finance Ministry as directed by the Department of
Expenditure. Since the time limit mentioned in the letter issued by Department
of Expenditure is already going to be over by 11th December 2015,
you are requested to direct the concerned Jt. Secretary in war foot manner and
to start interaction with NFAEE and submit the suggestions/ views of the
Department on the Report of 7th Central Pay Commission at the earliest.
As doing all other ministries and
Departments our Department also should make concrete suggestions and comments
on all relevant recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.
The Working Committee meeting of NFAEE was
held on 5th December 2015 at the AERB Auditorium and discussed the
recommendations of the Pay Commission in detail and unanimously decided to
submit the comments on various issues. Further we would like to mention that
while submitting detailed note to Pay Commission on 31st July 2014,
a copy was submitted to your office also. Thereafter vide letter No.
nfaee/sg/14/175 dated 19th Novemebr2014 NFAEE submitted a gist of
the points to be made before 7th Central Pay Commission. This also
may take note by the Department finalising its comments on7th CPC Report
The Minimum Pay, Matrix, Fitment formula, Increment, Promotion benefits,
MACP, Allowances, Advances, Out sourcing, Department Specific issues and all
other issues referred in the report is necessary to have a relook and the Secretaries
Committee under the Chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary should be informed
our concern on these issues.
The HRA only give the feeling of hike in emoluments in total. HRA is not
a factor of entire Government employees as those who are staying in the
Government quarters are not eligible for HRA and HRA is not a uniform factor
across the country since it varies from city to city.
The normal deduction on PF, NPS, CGHS, CGEIS, Income Tax, etc is likely
to be increase as the basic pay shall increase which results the take home
salary of the a section of employees are going to be less than that of the
salary before the revision of the pay.
Similarly there are recommendations on various
issues pertaining to Department Specific also. The suggestions and views on
these points also prepared after detailed discussion in the Working Committee.
Following are the important recommendations of the 7th CPC to be
reviewed and corrective measure to be taken:
COMMON ISSUES:
01.
Minimum Wage: Re-compute the minimum
wage on the basis of the actual commodity prices as on 1.7.2015and factor the
Dr. Aykroyd formula stipulated percentages for housing and social obligations,
children education etc. Revise the fitment formula and pay levels on the basis of the so
determined minimum wage
02.
Rationalisation of Pay Structure: It is seen that the 7th
CPC has applied varying multiplication factors for different pay levels. The 6th
CPC has taken the emoluments in the private sector to hike the salary of
officers by applying different yardstick to compute the pay bands disturbing
the vertical relativity while the 7th CPC has further accentuated
the gap of differences in wages between officers and employees. This being
unacceptable we urge upon adoption of uniform multiplication factor for determining
pay levels.
03.
Minimum Pay: Based on
the correction new minimum pay should be derived
04.
Pay Matrix: Revise the pay matrix basing upon
the revised minimum wage and rounding off the stages to the next hundred.
05.
Increment: Revise the rate of
increment to 5 %. The rate of increment has been pegged down to 3% by the 7th
CPC. At this rate an employee will not be able to double his pay even after 30
years.
06.
Increment Date: To remove existing
anomaly, the annual increment date may be 1st January for those recruited
prior to 30th June and 1st July in respect of those
recruited prior to 31st December.
07.
Fitment: Revised Fitment Factor should be derived
based on the new Minimum Pay and the existing Minimum Pay
08.
Fixation benefit on
Promotion:
Grant two increments in the feeder cadre
levels as promotion benefit. The recommendation of 7 CPC one increment in the
lower level and fix equal or next stage will give meager benefit only.
09.
Modified Assured Career
Progression:
MACP to be treated as financial up-gradation, without any grading stipulation;
to be provided on the basis of the promotional cadre hierarchy of the concerned department;
increase the number of MACP to five on completion of 8,15,21,26 and 30th
years of service. Reject the Efficiency Bar stipulation made by 7th
CPC. Personnel promoted on the basis of
Examination should be treated as fresh entrants to the cadre.
10.
Head Quarters – Field Parity:
a)
Parity to be ensured for all Stenographers, Assistants, Ministerial Staff in
subordinate offices and in all the organized Accounts cadres with Central
Secretariat/Head Quarters by upgrading their pay scales (and not by downgrading
the pay scales of the CSS)
b)
Drivers in all Government offices to be granted pay scale on par with the
drivers of the Lok Sabha
11.
Allowances: Revise the following
allowances as under in place of the
recommendations made by the 7th CPC :
(a) House Rent Allowance: Retain
the rate of house rent allowance in place of the recommendation of the
Commission to reduce it.
(b) Transport Allowance: Restructure
the transport allowance into two slabs at Rs. 7500 and 3750 with DA thereof
removing all the stipulated conditions.
(c) Overtime Allowance: Overtime
allowance whenever sanction must be based upon the actual basic pay of the
entitled employee and the rule existing in the Department for OTA calculation.
(d)Cash handling /Treasury
allowance: The assumption that every transaction in Government Departments are
through the bank is not correct. There
are officials entrusted to collect cash and therefore the cash handling
allowance to be retained.
(e) Dress Allowance:
Considering the various factors of subsuming Uniform allowance, Washing allowance,
Shoe Allowance, etc ceiling to be raised
to Rs 20,000/- p a
(f) Nursing Allowance: Nursing
Allowance to be raised to 50% of Rs 4800/- since it is partially linked with DA
and the Dress Allowance made available to the nurses.
(g)Qualification Pay: Qualification
Pay to be retained and enhance
(h)Small Family Norms
Allowance: Small family norms allowances should continue and must be enhanced
to 2.25 times.
(i) Fixed conveyance
allowance: This allowance had no DA component
at any stage... This allowance
must be enhanced to 2.25 times with 25% DA thereon as and when the DA crosses
50%
(j) Special Duty Allowance: Restore
the island Special duty allowance and the Tripura Special compensatory remote
locality allowance. The special duty allowance in NE Region should be uniform
for all at 30%
(k) Increase in Fixed
Allowances: All fixed allowances must be raised to 2.25 times as per the
principle enunciated by the Commission
(l) Allowances not mentioned
by the Pay Commission: Restore the allowances abolished for the reason that it
is either not reported or mentioned in the Report by the Commission.
12.
Advances: Restore the following advances and
revise the same to 2.25 times unless otherwise mentioned.
a. Natural calamity advance
b. Festival Advance
c. LTC and TA advances as per
eligibility.
d. Medical advance as per the
eligibility
e. Education advance.
f. Vehicle advances including cycle
advance as per the eligibility
13.Child Care
Leave: The
stipulation made by the 7th CPC to grant only 80% of salary for the
second year of CCL be rejected and the
existing provisions may be retained
14.Child
Adoption Leave:
The erroneous statement in Para 9.2.5 to be corrected. Vide OM No. 13018/1/2009-Estt
(L) dated 22.07.2009, DOP, P&W, the leave period for Child adoption has
been increased to 180 days.
15. Casual
Leave: Should enhance to 12 for civilian employees and 15 to industrial
workers
16.Hospital
Leave:
Full pay and allowances to be provided for the entire period of WRIIL. The
conditions stipulated in clause (4) & (5) under Para 9.2.37 for WRILL be
removed
17.Medical
facilities:
Health insurance should not be introduced
18.Central
government Employees Insurance Scheme: 50% of the CGEIS premium to be paid
by the Government in respect of Group B and C employees.
19.Compassionate
Ground Appointments:
In the absence of any recommendation made by 7 CPC, the Government must
withdraw the stipulated ceiling on compassionate appointments
20.Vacant
Posts: Fill
up all vacant posts by holding special recruitment drive
21.Regularisation
of Contractual Labours:
Contract/casual and daily rated workers to be regularized against the huge
vacancies existing in various
Government offices.
22.Revise the pension and other
retirement benefits as under:-
(a) Parity in Pension: Parity
between the past and present pensioners to be brought about on the basis of the
7th CPC recommendations with the modification that basis of
computation to be the pay level of the post
/ grade/ scale of pay from which one retired; whichever is beneficial.
(b) Quantum of Pension: Pension
to be 60% of the last pay drawn in the case of all eligible persons who have
completed the requisite number of years of service.
(c) Quantum of Pension: The
family pension to be 50% of the last pay drawn.
(d)Enhancement in Pension: Enhance
the pension and family pension by 5% after every five years and 10% on
attaining the age of 85 and 20% on attaining the age of 90.
(e) Restoration of
Commutation: Commuted value of pension
to be restored after 10 years or attaining the age of 70, whichever is earlier.
Gratuity calculation to be on the basis of 25 days in the month as against 30
days as per the Gratuity Act.
(f) Fixed Medical Allowance: Fixed
medical allowance for those pensioners not covered by CGHS and REHS to be
increased to Rs. 2000 p.m.
(g)Additional Increment: Provide
one increment on the last day in service if the concerned employee has
completed six months or more from the date of grant of last increment.
23. Exemption for CG Employees from NPS: Exclude the Central Government
employees from the ambit of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and extend the
defined benefit pension scheme to all those recruited after 1.1.2004
24.Tenure for
Wage Revision: Wage of Central
Government Employees be revised in every 5 years
25. Anomaly
Committee:
Set up a group of Ministers’ Committee to consider the anomalies including the
disturbance of the existing horizontal and vertical relativities at the
National level and Departmental/Ministry level with provision for referring the
disputed issues to the Board of Arbitration under the JCM scheme
DEPARTMENTAL SPECIFIC
ISSUES:
01. Merit
Promotion Scheme: Suggestion
to introduce fixing percentage for
promotion should be rejected.
02. Update
Allowance:
Professional Update Allowance: Update Allowance should continue to the
Technical an, Non Technical and supporting Staff working in DAE and the same
should enhance to 50% of the existing Rate.
03. Overtime
Allowance:
Department should ensure Revision in Overtime Allowance based on the revised
pay and the existing Rule for calculation of Overtime Allowance in all DAE
units where the employees has to perform overtime to run the Nuclear
Installation uninterrupted.
04. Nuclear
Research Plant Allowance:
NRPSA should be renamed as Extra Duty Allowance and the same should be extended
to all those who are working in the Round the Clock Shift duty.
05. Qualification
Incentives Scheme:
The Qualification Scheme Should be retained and enhanced by increasing 225%
06. Risk
Allowance:
Based on the new Risk Hardship Matrix the risk involved in the Nuclear
Installations should be considered and the nuclear worker should be extended
Risk Allowance.
07. Performance
Relative Incentive Scheme:
Medical Leave should be exempted from the eligibility condition as in
Department of Space
08. Project
allowance:
Should be extended to the ongoing projects at various places in the country.
09. National
Holiday Allowance:
Should extend National Holiday allowance to all those employees working
regularly on national Holiday
10. GPF: One time relaxation to
those employees intent to switch over from CPF to GPF.
11. Medical
facilities:
No insurance scheme should be introduce to replace the existing CHSS.
12. Upgradation
of the Pay Scale of various categories: Considering the anomalies created
by earlier Pay Commission and to ensure vertical and horizontal relativities
with qualifications and other Departments, upgradation of Pay structure should
be considered.
A detailed note as
an annexure to this letter is attached detailing the points to be considered
and reviewed by the Secretaries Committee. Annexure I is the short note on
common issues and the Departmental specific issues and Annexure II contains the
explanatory note on various common issues as well as Departmental specific
issues to explain the reason for our suggestion s.
We request to arrange a meeting by the Nodal
Officer to make our oral presentation before the Committee in DAE finalising
the suggestions/views of the Department on recommendations of 7th
CPC to be submitted to the Department of Expenditure/Secretaries Committee by
DAE.
Thanking you.
Yours faithfully,
Jayaraj KV
(Secretary
General)
Address for
Correspondence: Jayaraj. KV, Secretary General, NFAEE
PESS/UED;
BARC, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085
Tel. No: (O): 022 – 25596519; (Res): 022 – 25554179;
(Mobile): 9869501189
