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
Web site: www.nfaeehq.blogspot.com ; Email address: nfaee@yahoo.com
|
Ref. No:
nfaee/sg/16/86 29.03.2016
To
All Affiliates
NFAEE
Sub: Minutes of the
Meeting of Empowered Committees of Secretaries and Standing Committee Members
of
National Council (JCM)
Dear Comrades,
Attached herewith the copy of the minutes of the meeting of Empowered
Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) and the Standing Committee Members of National
Council (JCM) held on 1st March 2016 at New Delhi.
All are requested to bring the same to the notice of the employees for
information.
With
fraternal Greetings
Comradely
yours,
(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
Annexure
Minutes of the Meeting
of Empowered Committees of Secretaries and Standing Committee Members of National
Council (JCM)
Venue: Committee Room, Cabinet
Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan
Date of Meeting: Thursday, the 1 st
March, 2016
Time of Meeting: 6:45 PM
Members of E-CoS present:
01.
Cabinet
Secretary
02.
Chairman,
Railway Board
03.
Home
Secretary
04.
Defence
Secretary
05.
Secretary,
D/o Science & Technology
06.
Secretary,
D/o Personnel & Training
07.
Secretary,
M/o Health & Family-Welfare
08.
Secretary,
D/o Pension and Pensioner’s Welfare
09.
Secretary
(Security), Cabinet Secretariat
10.
Secretary,
D/o Posts
11.
Deputy Comptroller
and Auditor General
Secretariat for E-CoS:
01. Jöint Secretary, Implementation Cell, D/o Expenditure
02. Director, Implementation Cell, D/o Expenditure
Representatives of JCM (Staff-side):
01.Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra
02.Shri M. Raghavaiah
03.Shri Rakhal Das Gupta
04.Shri Ch. Sankara Rao
05.Shri J.R. Bhosle
06.Shri Guman Singh
07.Shri R.P. Bhatnagar
08.Shri K.S. Murty
09.Shri K.K.N. Kutty
10.Shri C. Srikumar
11.Shri R. Srinivasan
12.Shri M. Krishnan
13.Shri M.s. Raja
Implementation
of the recommendations of the
7th
Central Pay Commission — 2nd meeting of the E-CoS
1.
A meeting of
the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) was held on 1st March,
2016 in the Cabinet Secretariat under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary
to discuss issues raised by Staff side of JCM
2.
Welcoming the
members of E-CoS and JCM Staff side, Cabinet Secretary observed that the
meeting had been called to take a note of concerns of Staff side of JCM
regarding recommendations of the 7th CPC and invited the members Of Staff side
of JCM to share their views on the recommendations.
3.
Opening the
discussion, representative of Staff side of JCM expressed gratitude to Cabinet
Secretary for inviting them for interaction regarding the recommendations of
the 7th CPC and requested that more frequent interactions of JCM may be held to
resolve outstanding issues across the table. It was expressed that 7th CPC has
recommended a meager increase of 14% in the minimum pay as against increase
ranging up to 54% during previous Pay Commissions. It was further stated that
the recommendations on minimum pay, allowances, advances etc. will cause
difficulty to employees. Representative of Staff side informed that they have
already submitted a charter of demands to the Cabinet Secretary bringing out
the issues. These have also been discussed in the meeting of JS (IC) with Staff
side of JCM held on 19.02.2016.
4.
Major
concerns expressed by JCM Staff-side were as under:
(i)
The minimum
pay of Rs. 18000/- p.m. recommended by the Commission is on lower side and
needs to be revised upward by taking into account the prices of commodities as
on 01.07.2015 and appropriately factoring in for social obligations &
housing.
(ii)
New Pension
Scheme should be done away with. Persons governed by the NPS are deprived of
Family Pension and do not have provision of provident fund. As a result they
are at a disadvantageous position as compared to the persons governed by the
old system.
(iii)
Recommendations
on allowances need to be properly examined before taking a decision.
(iv)
Fixed Medical
Allowance should be increased from existing Rs. 500 p.m. to Rs. 2000 p.m. as
majority of cities are not covered under CGI-IS and people residing outside the
CGHS covered area are unable to meet their medical needs with meager amount of
Rs. 500 p.m.
(v)
Recommendation
regarding withdrawal of non interest bearing advances may not be accepted.
(vi)
Outsourcing
of services should be discouraged as the contract workers are being exploited
by contractors and at the game time the service delivery is being compromised
due to inefficiency and lack of accountability of low aid contractual staff.
(vii)
Enhancement
in contribution towards Group Insurance Scheme is not justified as this would
reduce the actual increase in take home salary considerably. If the rates are
to be raised, the Government should bear the insurance premium.
(viii)
The recommendation
regarding grant of only 80% of salary for the second year of Child Care Leave
need not be accepted as this would deter women from availing of CCL, which was
introduced as a welfare measure.
(ix)
Annual
increments be granted @ 5% instead of existing 3% and increments may be granted
on two dates viz., 1st of
January and 1st of July of
every year as in the present system of grant of increment on 1st July of every year, employees joining/promoted
after 1st January, who do not
complete 6 months services as on 1st July, have to wait for up to 18 months for
grant of increment.
(x)
The
Commission’s recommendation of downgrading the Assistants of Central
Secretariat for bringing in parity with their counterparts in the field offices
is not appropriate.
(xi)
Recommendation
regarding PRIS need not be accepted as no scientific mechanism has been devised
to assess the performance of employees and the same could e courage favoritism.
5.
Issues regarding financial upgradation under
MACPS in promotional hierarchy without grading stipulation. grant of two
increments on promotion introduction of Productivity Linked Bonus, treating
Grameen Dak Sevak as Government employees, removal of pap of 5% on
compassionate appointment, full pay and allowances in case of Work Related
Illness and Injury Leave, improving promotional avenues for technical and
supervisory staff etc. were also raised by members of JCM.
6. During the discussion, representatives of JCM also suggested
that the Nodal Officers nominated by various Ministries/Departments may hold
interactions with recognized Staff Associations and other stakeholders under
their purview so as to identify issues specific to those Ministries/Departments
for redressal.
7. After hearing the participants, Cabinet Secretary observed
that the deliberations have helped E-CoS in understanding the major concerns of
the Staff-side and said that all issues have been taken note of. He assured
that fair consideration will be given to all points brought out by JCM before
taking a final view. He further stated that the E-CoS needs to examine the
Report of the Commission in entirety as well as the issues raised by JCM in
consultation with all other stakeholders. As such, it may take some time to
take a final call on the recommendations of the Commission.
8. Cabinet Secretary also advised the members of E-CoS to hold
interactions with their Staff Associations and other stakeholders under their
purview preferably within a week.
9.
Meeting ended
with vote of thanks to the chair.
No comments:
Post a Comment