CONFEDERATION
HAS WRITTEN TO THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF AIRF
REQUESTED FOR CONVENING
OF THE MEETING OF ALLORGANISATIONS IN NATIONAL COUNCIL JCM FOR FORMING A JOINT
COUNCIL OF ACTION TO PURSUE DEMANDS LIKE 7th CPC.
D/12/2012
Dated: 31.12.2012
Dear Comrade,
I may invite your kind reference to
the letter on the subject I had sent you earlier, wherein I had requested you
to take initiative in convening a meeting of the leaders of all organisations
participating in the JCM. JCM
as a negotiating forum, as you are aware, has virtually come to a halt. It was in May, 2010 that the National
Council met on the last occasion. Barring
Railways, Defence and to some extent the Postal, the Departmental Councils of
other Ministries/Departments have not been meeting since 1995. In some departments, these councils
have ceased to exist as the Government on one pretext or the other has not been
granting recognition to the Service Associations, even though they had complied
with all the conditions stipulated in the CCS(RSA) Rules, 1993. Most of these organisations having
only a few thousand members are incapable of forcing upon a decision in the
matter through agitation.
Though we had been raising this issue
on a number of occasions and despite solemn assurances held out by the official
side, nothing tangible has come about. It
is unlikely that the Government will consider revival of the negotiating forum
unless we jointly demand effective functioning of the JCM at all levels and
follow it up with joint agitational actions.
As you are aware, the 6th CPC made very retrograde recommendations in respect of Group B,C
and D employees. The Pay
band prescribed for the above category of employees was equal to the pay+DPA
+DA i.e. 1.86 times of the minimum of the basic pay of the lowest in the group,
whereas the pay band for Group A posts was fixed by multiplying their
prescribed basic pay by a factor ranging from. 2.2 to 2.63 (S.30, S.25). Similarly grade pay was to be 40% of
maximum of pre-revised pay scales whereas in the case of Group A officers it
was later revised to 44 to 49%.
Several anomalies were raised by us in
the National Anomaly Committee. After
procrastinated discussions, except cosmetic changes, none was settled. I have now been informed that even
what was agreed to in the last meeting of the National Anomaly Committee, has
been turned down by the Finance Ministry. In all through the discussions at the
Anomaly committee meetings, you must have noticed that reasoning has been the
casualty.
The high ranging inflation in the
economy especially in the last 3 years has caused soaring rise in the prices of
all essential commodities especially food items. Major portion of the salary of the low
paid workers is consumed for accessing the food items. The prices adopted by the 6th CPC in determination of the minimum wage have now registered an
increase of more than 162% and the DA compensation is just 72%. This apart, the recommendation of the
6th CPC being effective
from 1.1.2006 has been in vogue for 5 years as on 1.1.2011. In the case of all Public Sector
undertakings, the Govt. has now agreed to effect wage revision after every five
years. We have, therefore,
to demand the setting up the 7th CPC without any further delay It has been our experience, as you
will agree with me, that the Government had agreed for setting up pay
commission for wage revision only when we unitedly placed the demand and backed
up the same with recourse to strike action.
There are other issues too which
brooks no delay in bringing about settlement viz. the implementation of
arbitration awards, merger of DA with pay, withdrawal of the PFRDA Bill,
compassionate appointmentsetc.etc.
The AIRF is the biggest Federation
representing the largest number of Railway workers amongst the Central
Government employees and naturally we expect you to kindly take initiative in
convening a meeting of the leaders of all organisations participating in the
JCM to form a JCA to pursue the long pending issues demands of Central
Government employees. I
shall also be grateful for favour of your considered view in the matter.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
S.K. Vyas
President
To
Com: Shiv Gopal Mishra General Secretary,
All India Railwaymen Federation 4, State Entry Road,
GOVERNMENT IS STILL TO ISSUE ORDERS ON GRANT OF INCREMENT TO
SPORTS PERSONS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
LEVELS'
CONFEDERATION
WRITES TO DOPT FOR EXPEDITING THE ISSUE OF ORDERS .
D/14/2012 Dated: 28th December, 2012
The Secretary, Personnel,
Department of Personnel and Training,
North Block,
New Delhi. 110- 001.
Dear Sir,
Sub:"incentive
increments to sports persons for outstanding sports achievements, National and
International levels.
Ref: Your letter M No.
6/2/2008 Pay I dated August, 2008.
Kindly refer to the
above cited letter.
The practice of giving
incentive increments to the sportsperson who excel was to be replaced with lump
sum grant. Views were called for by the Department of Personnel from all
Ministries/Departments as also individuals. We have felt that there was no need to
change the existing system as we found to be a better financial benefit in the
longer run. Lumpsum grant
however, large it may be will not help the persons who have worked hard in
their youthful days. However, we felt that the sportsperson must have a say in
the matter.
More than 4 years have
passed now. No views from
the Ministries or individuals seem to have been received by the Department of
Personnel. Or if received it has not been made known.
It has been represented
to us that in the name of changing the entire scheme itself, the incentive
increment system was in vogue was discontinued with effect from 1.1.2006. As you are aware, the scheme was
introduced in Government service with effect from 1985 with a view to attract
the sports personnel to choose the Government service and more so to encourage
them so that they can acquit themselves creditably.
We, in the
circumstances, request that the incentive scheme may be revived and made
effective from 1.1.2006. In the case of all allowances which are incentive in
character, the Government had doubled the amount after the 6th CPC.
The action taken in this
regard may please be intimated to us.
Thanking you,
Yours
faithfully,
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary
General.
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