Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra, General Secretary, AIRF,
Member,Standing Committee, National Council JCM raised strong objections
against the ToR of 7th Pay Commission
NATIONAL COUNCIL (Staff Side)
Joint Consultative Machinery
for Central Government Employees
13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi-110001
No.NC-JCM/2014/VII CPC Dated: March 3, 2014
The Secretary,
Department of Personnel & Training,
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions,
North Block, New Delhi.
Dear Sir,
Sub: Terms of Reference of the 7th Central Pay Commission.
It is reported that, the Union Cabinet in its meeting, held
on 28th February, 2014, has approved the Terms of Reference of the 7th Central
Pay Commission. We have gone through the same. We find that the Terms of
Reference finalized by the Government is at variance in many respects to the
Draft Terms of Reference the Staff Side had submitted to you on 25.10.2014
after holding in-house discussion on 24.10.2013.
At the conclusion of the meeting held on 24.10.2013, it was
agreed that the Government would consider our suggestions in the matter and
will convene another meeting with the presence of the Secretary (Expenditure)
to iron out the differences, if any, and explore the possibilities of an
agreement in the matter.
We regret to inform you that no such meeting was convened
and no attempt was made by the Official Side to arrive at an agreed Terms of
Reference. We find that the Government has rejected our suggestions for either
taking a decision in the matter of Interim Relief, Merger of D.A.,
representation of labour nominee in the Commission itself, inclusion of the
Grameen Dak Sewaks within the purview of the 7th CPC, bringing parity in
pension between the past and present pensioners, covering the employees
appointed on or after 01.01.2004 within the ambit of the Defined Benefit
Pension Scheme, date of effect, settlement of the pending items in the National
Anomaly Committee etc. or referring those issues to the Commission itself for
an Interim Report.
During discussions on 24th October, 2013, the Staff Side had
also pointed out that the proposals sent by various ministries, seeking
approval for rectification in VI CPC anomalies, are pending with the Ministry
of Finance, and requested that approval may be given to all such proposals
before finalization of VII CPC Terms of Reference.
It seems, no action has been
taken on those proposals.
Besides, we are to state that the existing Productivity
Linked Bonus(PLB) Scheme, being a bilateral agreement, cannot be subjected to
scrutiny and examination by the 7th CPC.
We, therefore, request you to kindly convene a meeting of
the Standing Committee of National Council (JCM) to discuss the issue, so as to
make amendments to the Terms of Reference finalized by the Government
arbitrarily.
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Member
Standing Committee National Council – JCM
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