WISHING YOU & YOUR FAMILY VERY HAPPY
& PHOSPHOROUS NEW YEAR.
ANUJIT KUMAR KULSHRESTHA
SECRETARY/O.F.CHANDA &
C.E. MEMBER/ CENTRAL ZONE
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
NEWS UPDATES
My Dear Friends,
SHRI S.K. SACHAN, GEN.
SECRETARY & MEMBER JCM-III OFB TO ATTEND APEX
PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 18Th December 2013
AT OFB.
Progress position of Issues
1. Publication
of Seniority List of CM & Promotion from CM to JWM of the year 2013-14:
It is informed by the task force
committee that 50% of the factories send their data to task force committee
however approx 50% of the factories were repeatedly ask to forward the data
within week, further the Chairman also asked to Member/Per to make a telephonic
dialog with those factories who had not send the data till date accordingly the
Member/Per also make telephonic discussions with the factories who has not send
the data. In continuation of the above a letter which was written by Chairman of
task force committee to the Secretary-OFB is enclosed herewith for the
requirements of the committee for finalization of seniority of CM(T&NT).
In view of the above it is once again
requested all branches (under OFB) to sent their data as per the guide lines
given in the above letter written by Chairman of task force committee to the
Secretary-OFB. This is also for those factories who have send their data
already to the task force committee, for insuring the complete compliance/requirement
of task force committee.
2. Cadre
Review of Chargeman and JWMs :
OFB has already send the proposal to create a post of JWM(SG) in
the G.P. Rs 5400 (PB-2).
In continuation of the above the OFB
send an another new proposal for JWM to the MoD for approval as under
1. To create a post of JWM(SG-2) in the G.P. Rs
5400 (PB-2) for 2730 post (approx)
2. To Create a post of JWM(SG-1) in the G.P. Rs
5400 (PB-3) for 1000 post (approx)
Apart from the
above it is further intimated that 165 (approx) post of JWM has to be
surrendered in acceptance of above proposal.
3. SRO of CM-T/NT & JWM-T/NT :
SRO of Chargeman-T&NT is under
discussion and awaiting for amicable settlement, however the SRO for JWM-T/NT, has
already send.
4.
Promotion from JWM to AWM
183 resultant post of
AWM to be filled by JWM promotion has been forwarded for DPC to the ministry
has come back to OFB with some observations, to be clearified.
5. Proposal for 7th
CPC
A complete Questionnaire prepared for Branches for submitting their views/proposals to
CE , on various core issues to be represented to the 7th Pay Commission for circulation the
same amongst their members to discuss in their GB meeting, and give feedback to
the CEHQ accordingly within reasonable time latest by 1st week of
January -2014 . The Branches may also send the proposal in a combined way from
respective Zones The CE shall receive the proposals from the branches/Zones
only. The Questionnaire is enclosed herewith as ANNEXURE.
Kindly refer
the Questionnaire already send to the branches & send their proposal and
observations seriously well within the time.
All the members are requested to go through the points mentioned above and do
appropriate action in the interest and better future of our cadre.
“UNITY IS OUR STRENGTH”
“LONG LIVE AIANGOs”
“Let us work together, Success shall come to
us”
Yours truly,
With Commitment To Serve
For Delight of Group -B(Ng) Officers
And Betterment Of The
Organisation
(ANUJIT KUMAR KULSHRESTHA)
Secretary O.F.CHANDA BRANCH &
CE MEMBER CENTRAL ZONE
CE MEMBER CENTRAL ZONE
Encl : Letter mentioned in Point No. 1
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
AIANGO’s Questionnaire on VII th Central Pay Commission
SUGGESTION ARE INVITED FROM ALL THE MEMBERS OF AIANGO O.F.CHANDA BRANCH FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION
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AIANGO’s
Questionnaire
on
VII th
Central Pay Commission
For feedback from Brach Associations/Zones only
The
Incoming 7 th Pay Commission
Dear
Friends,
As all of you are aware of that the Govt
of India has announced its approval for constitution of the VII th Pay Commission for the central Govt employees. Its formal constitution with terms
& reference is awaited.
An Overview on the Earlier Pay
Commissions :
All the six pay
commissions have taken many aspects into consideration to prescribe the pay
structure for government servants.
In the First Pay Commission the concept of ‘living wage’
was adopted. (Implemented in 1946
)
In Second Pay Commission it had been
reiterated that the pay structure and working condition to be crafted in a way
so as to ensure the effective functioning of government mechanism. (Implemented
in 1957)
The Third Pay Commission adopted the
concept of ‘Need Based wage’ (Implemented in 1973 )
The Fourth CPC had recommended the
government to constitute Permanent Machinery to undertake
periodical review of pay and allowances of Central Government employees, but
which got never implemented.(Implemented in 1986 )
In Fifth Pay Commission all
federations demanded that the pay scale should be at par with the public
sector. But the pay commission didn’t accept this and told that the demand for
parity with the Public Sector was however difficult to concede as it felt that
the Job content and condition of service in the government and public sector
not necessarily the same. There were essential differences between the two
sectors. The Fifth CPC had Compressed many Scales. The number of
pay scales was reduced from 51 pay scales as on 31.12.1995 to 34 pay scales by
the Fifth CPC. (Implemented in1996)
The Sixth Pay Commission mainly
focused on removing ambiguity in respect of various pay scales
and mainly focused on reducing number of pay scales .It recommended for removal
of Group-D cadre. The total number of grades reduced to 20 spread across four
distinct running pay bands; one Apex Scale and another grade for the post of
Cabinet Secretary/equivalent as against 35 standard pay scales existing
earlier. The new concept of Pay Band & Grade Pay was
introduced.(Implemented in 2006)
The 7th
Pay commission has been announced by the Govt. We have to make all out efforts
to represent to the pay Commission to get best possible recommendations for our
cadre in particular and common benefits admissible to all employees in general.
This depends largely on how best we are in a position to convince the Pay
Commission about our expectations ,when we get the opportunity to incorporate
our legitimate requirements in a memorandum to be submitted to Pay Commission
and further justfy the same during the oral meeting with them.
Please
find herewith a questionnaire for our branches so as to get the feedback/views
from the members of this association, which shall be sent to the CE after
threadbare discussion in the respective GB meetings of the branch associations.
The sprit behind this is to involve the
grass root level of this association in the process of formulating our
views/proposals which are to be sent to
the Pay Commission. I have tried to make out a brief on the specific
issues inviting proposals/views. Your
cooperation / involvement, shall help us to make out a memorandum with full logic and justifications.
Remember,
Every suggestion You make, matters to the Association.
RR Pashine
Patron
AIANGOs &
Legal advisor CDRA
Chairman – 7th
CPC proposal preparation committee (AIANGOs)
(Mo 09329871380 email rr_pashine@yahoo.com )
25 Nov
2013
AIANGO’s
Questionnaire on VII th Central Pay Commission
For feedback from Brach Associations/Zones only
(1) PAY
SCALES: Determination of
To arrive at the new
pay-scale take into account
(Our proposal for revision of pay-Scales shall
be wef 01-01-2016 , the date from
which we shall demand for
implementation of VII th CPC recommendations )
·
Existing Pay Scale . for C/M
is 9300-34800 Grade
Pay 4200)
·
Dearness Allowance @ 99 to 100% is expected as
on 1-1-2014. With the present trend of rise in the Consumer Price Index ,the
DA is expected to be @ 130 to 135 % (approx) as on 1-1-2016 .Hence we may formulate the
Revised Pay scales based on the following factors.
Pay
in the Pay Band + Grade Pay + 130% DA(estimated
as on 1-1-16)
The Fitment Benefit then be added to it. . In line with 6
CPC the fitment Benefit can be reflected through Increased Grade Pay.
·
Interim relief to be granted
if any (presently Nil) to be added
·
If any DA is merged with Pay
(presently Nil) to be effectively added
·
Estimated Increase in the
pay-scale (How many times of present
one) to be mentioned
In the similar way the Min. &
Max. in the proposed Pay-scales can be constructed.
(A) Pay-scales ( Minimum & Maximum )
(i) Existing
Minimum Pay-scale wef 1-1-2006 5200-20200 +Grade Pay Rs
1800
(ii) Existing Maximum Pay-scale
wef 1-1-2006 90000 (Fixed)
(iii)
Existing Ratio of Min to Max
Pay-scale ……. 1: 12.857
·
Proposal
(i)
Proposed Minimum
Pay-scale wef 1-1-2016
(Pay Band+ Grade Pay)………………………………………………………………….
(ii)
Proposed Maximum
Pay-scale wef 1-1-2016 (Pay Band
Fixed ) ………………….
(iii)
Proposed Ratio of Min to Max Pay scale ………………….
·
Justifications for the
proposals
Since the Supervisory cadre ( both Tech &
Non Tech ) runs from Chargeman to JWM,
and all the Pay Commissions have always been giving recommendations for the
entire supervisory cadre(including that of JWM), under the head workshop staff
.Hence the proposal shall include JWM cadre also although the post is Gr ,B Gazetted and out of the fold of our
association. It is further suggested that since the Revised MACP provides Three
Up gradations, the Proposed Pay scale for AWM & WM posts be also suggested.
Further while formulating the pay scale of JWM, it should be kept in mind that
there is a continuous degradation /erosion in the pay scale of JWM since last
three ( 4th to 6th) Pay Commissions.
Pay-scales of (Technical
& Non –Tech) Supervisory Cadre in MOD (Workshop Staff) & Gr A Officers (Including Ord.Fys & QA Directorates)
Existing Pay-scale Proposed Pay-scales
as on 1- 1- 2006
Posts Pay Band Grade pay Pay Band Grade pay
Chargeman 9300-34800 4200
…………………………………………….
Junior Works Manager 9300-34800 4600 .................................................................
Gr ‘B’ Gazetted
Assistant Works manager 15600-39100 5400 ................................................................
Gr ‘A’ Gazetted
Works manager 15600-39100 6600 .............................................................
Gr ‘A’ Gazetted
(Non-functional)
Dy General Manager 15600-39100 7600 …………………………………………………………….
Gr ‘A’ Gazetted
·
Justifications for the
proposal
(2) Fixation
benefit As
per the practice followed, while effecting the new pay-scales the total
emoluments ( BP + DP(if any) +DA +IR as applicable ) , as on the date of effect of the revised
pay-scale, is added with the fixation benefit (the fixed %) .At the time of Vth
CPC the fixation benefit was given @ 40% of the Basic Pay In VI th CPC the new system of Grade Pay was
evolved which was equal to 40% of the existing end Pay scale. At present there
is no element of DP(Dearness Pay ie DA merged with Basic Pay) or IR (Interim
relief).The existing emolument consists only Pay in the Pay Band and the Grade
Pay.
Proposal
Justification
(3).
The Rate of Increment in the proposed Pay-scale
The existing rate of increment is 3% of
the pay in the Pay Band+ Grade Pay.
Proposal
Justification
(4) Inter-grade
Ratio
of our cadre
This
is a very important issue. Before the Vth CPC the Inter Grade Ratio of our
cadre was very poor which had resulted in large scale stagnation in all the
grades. It is only after our strong representation to the Vth CPC, comparing
ourselves with Railways with full justifications , we achieved the upward revision(Existing
up to 31-12-2005) in our ratio (almost at par with Railways) which resulted
large scale promotions after Vth CPC and the residency period in each grade was
reduced considerably .Our effort has always been parity with Railways.
(A) Technical Supervisory cadre Existing upto Upto 2005
IN MOD Workshops Existing in Railways
(Including Ord.Fys &QA
Estts)
Junior Works Manager 15% 17 %
Assistant
Foreman 25% 28 %
Chargeman Gr I 25% 25 %
Chargeman Gr II 35% 30%
( In Rlys these posts were known as
Sr Sec Engineer, Sec Engineer ,Jun Engineer I & Jun Engineer II
respectively)
After 1-1-2006 (Existing after
merger of posts)
MOD Rlys
Junior Works Manager 40% 45 % ( Sr. Section engineer)
Chargeman 60% 55%
(Jr. Engineer)
Note:
It is learnt that Rlys have very recently effected / (or under process) the
restructuring of their various cadre . The details are not known at the
moment..Accordingly we should ask full parity with Supervisory Cadre of Rly
workshops. Any other proposal may also
be suggested.
Proposal For
MOD
Junior Works Manager % ………….
Chargeman % ……………
·
Justifications for the
proposal
(B) Non _Technical Sup Cadre (In Ord Fys)
(This cadre exists only in Ord Fys)
The post of JWM NT
Existing Ratio IN Ord Fys upto Upto 2005 (This cadre exists only in
Ord Fys)
Junior Works Manager 5 %
Foreman/Storeholder 25%
Chargeman Gr I / NT 25%
Chargeman
Gr II / NT 45%
After 1-1-2006 (Existing after
merger of posts)
In Ord Fys Proposal
Junior Works Manager 30% … ……………
Chargeman 70% ………………
·
Justifications for the
proposal for Uniform Ratio for Technical & Non Technical Cadre
The following justification
was raised with the 6 CPC for grant of similar Inter-grade Ratio to Technical
& Non-Technical cadre for maintaining full
parity.
The Supervisory cadre in the
Ministry of Defence Production, is exclusively for the middle management cadre.
In Ordnance Factories they constitute the executive cadre in the Engineering ,
Material Management, Marketing, Export, Administration, Project Management and
Management Information system. They are the
Engineers/Scientists/Chemists/Metallurgist/Instrument, Textile, Leather,
Optical, Computer Technologists and executives of Material Management/ Project
Management / Personal management & Administration and thus form the
backbone of the organization
The Supervisory cadre is categorized
into different trades e.g. Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Chemical,
Metallurgical, Leather ,Non-Technical (stores and other than stores) etc. In fact the term used “Non-Technical” is misnomer. The difference
between Technical and Non-Technical NGOs is only empirical, the grades in both
streams bear same responsibilities and are identical in functioning methods,
and hence the earlier Pay Commissions have prescribed the equal pay-scale to
Non Technical cadre at par with Technical one on the basis of their job
evaluation. This justifies the grant of uniform inter grade ratio for both
Technical & Non-technical streams.
·
Hence, The same ratio should be implemented for this
Non-Technical cadre (existing only in the Ordnance Factories) for maintaining
parity in hierarchical set up and the job evaluation as narrated above.
This can be further supplemented through
incoming suggestions if any
New proposals can also be suggested.
New Proposals if any :
Justification
(5) CLASSIFICATION OF POSTS
Posts Existing Group Proposal if
any Group
Junior Works Manager (T
&NT) Gr ‘B’ Gazetted
(9300-34800) Grade Pay 4600
Chargeman /T & NT Gr ‘B’ Non-Gazetted
(9300-34800) Grade Pay 4200
·
Justifications for the
proposal
(6) GRANT OF ACP / MACP
Existing
After 6 CPC, as per existing
provisions of MACP, Central Govt employees can get maximum three financial up
gradations after the period of 10/20/30 years of service, in case they
have not got the promotions. But these up-gradations
are to be granted in the Next Grade Pay and not in the Next grade Pay of the
Promotional level( ie promotional hierarchy).The Principal Bench CAT New Delhi,
Pun & Haryana High Court have already given judgments in favour of granting
MACP in Next grade Pay of the Promotional level . The SLP filed by Govt of
India in Supreme Court has also been dismissed. But till date the Govt has not
given any clearance to implement the same. So the first natural demand becomes
Grant of MACPs in the Next Promotional Grade Pay. Any other proposal may also
be suggested.
·
Proposal
·
Justifications for the
proposal
Note: Justifications
for issues mentioned below shall be formulated by Association
(7) ALLOWANCES
(A)
Dearness Allowance (D A )
Basis
of DA
From 1-1-2006 DA is payable on the
average 12 monthly % increase over 115.763 (Base Year 2001=100 ) ,to
which the revised( 6 CPC ) pay-scale relates. This is being sanctioned twice in
a year payable from 1st Jan & 1st July reckoned on
the following basis:-
·
The increase in twelve monthly average price index (AICPI
(IW) points is determined twice in a year for the period ending December
& June.
·
The % increase is taken in
whole no only and the fraction ignored.
·
Neutralization is 100% uniformly for all the employees.
After Vth CPC the 50 % DA was
merged with Basic Pay and was treated as Dearness Pay (DP) and was being
counted for the purpose of Payment of allowances, Transfer grant, Retirement
benefits etc. But after 6 CPC this system has been dispensed with and the 50 %
DA has not been merged with Pay till date, despite demand from employees federations.
So the demand arises that as and when the DA crosses 50% it should be merged
with Basic Pay for payments of various allowances/ retirement benefits etc so
as to.neutralize the effect of inflation
to some extent .Any further proposal may be suggested.
·
Proposal if any
(B)
House rent Allowance
Classification of
Cities/Towns
|
Rate
of HRA
Existing
Proposed
|
|
i) A1
ii) A, B1 & B2
iii) C & Other Places
|
30%
20%
10%
|
|
(C) City Compensatory allowance This has been dispensed with after 6 CPC
·
Proposal if any to restart CCA
Grade Pay
|
Amount of CCA per month
|
Rs
|
A1 A B1 B2 Other Places
Rs Rs Rs Rs
|
(D)
Transport Allowance
Employees drawing
Grade Pay
|
Rate of Transport Allowance
Per month
Existing Proposed
A1/A
Other A1/A Other
class city Places class city Places
|
GP 5400 & above
GP 4200 to 4800
GP Below 4200
|
Rs 3200 Rs1600
+DA +DA
Rs 1600 Rs 800
+DA +DA
Rs 600 Rs 400
+DA
+DA
|
(E)
Special Compensatory (Hill Area Allowance)
Grade Pay
|
Composite HCA p/m
For Altitude of the Place at 1000
Mtrs & Above
Existing Proposed
Rs
Rs
|
Grade Pay 5400 & Above
Grade Pay Below 5400
|
.
600
480
|
(8) leave Rules
Existing provision
Earned Leave 30 days in a year 300 days accumulation limit
Casual Leave 08 days No accumulation permissible l
Half Pay Leave 20 days No limit for accumulation
Commuted leave Half the amount of Half Pay Leave .No limit
for accumulation
Leave Not Due may be granted to a permanent Govt. servant with no half
pay leave at credit
Extra Ordinary leave can be granted when no other leave is
admissible or if the Govt servant applies
for the same.
No
leave of any kind can be granted for a
continuous period exceeding five years
There are also some other kinds of
leave like Maternity leave, Paternity
leave Special Disability leave Hospital Leave Study leave Spl Casual Leave etc.
·
Proposal If any
(09) Retirement / Terminal Benefits
(a)
Gratuity
Retirement Gratuity is admissible to all the
employees who retire after completion of 5 years of qualifying service at the
rate of one fourth of the emolument for each completed six monthly period of
qualifying service subject to max. of 16 .5
times the emoluments or Rs 10 Lakhs whichever is less. Emoluments
include Dearness Allowance on the date of cessation of service
·
Proposal
(b) Pension
Amount
of Pension
is related to the length of
qualifying service and average of the emoluments drawn by him during Ten months
immediately preceding the date of retirement/last pay drawn whichever is
beneficial.
Full Pension is admissible to an employee with qualifying
service of not less than 20 years. The amount of Pension will be 50% of the
average emoluments/last Pay Drawn and
should not be less than 50% of the minimum of the pay scale held at the time of
retirement,subject to min of Rs 3500.
Family Pension The
amount of Family Pension is 30% of the average emoluments/last Pay Drawn by the
deceased employee subject to minimum Rs 3500/pm
Increased
Pension/Family Pension for Old Pensioners/Family Pensioners
After 6 CPC the following
increase in Pension/Family Pension has been made
After 80 years Age 20% Basic Pension/Family Pension
85 30% Basic Pension/Family Pension
90 40% Basic Pension/Family Pension
95 50% Basic Pension/Family Pension
100 100% Basic Pension/Family Pension
Proposals if any (For
Pension/Family Pension)
(C)
Commutation of Pension
Every pensioner is eligible
to commute a portion (not more than 40% of
his monthly pension for a lump sum payment which is the commuted value
of that portion of pension
It is pertinent to mention
that after 6 CPC the quantum of payment towards commutation has been
considerably reduced/decreased by the Govt as per Revised Commutation Table.The
factor for commutation has been reduced from 9.81.to 8.194 (For Age Next Birth Day 61 Yrs) This has considerably reduced the total lump
some money payable on commutation. The reason being the increase of interest
rate on the payment of commutation value from 4% to 8%. The commuted portion of pension is
restored after a period of 15 years, even after revising the Commutation Table
downwards (reducing the lump some amount payable).The Govt has not reduced the
restoration period. As per calculations
the Restoration period for commuted pension should be reduced from existing 15
years to 10 to 12 years. This remains the first demand. Other proposals if any
be suggested.
Illustration :Commutation
Value = Pension Commuted x F x 12
Existing (Before 6 CPC) For Rs 1
= 1x 9.81x12 = Rs 117.72
Revised (After 6 CPC)
For Rs 1 = 1 x 8.194x12 = Rs 98.328 Difference = Rs
19.392
Thus For Every Rs 1/ Pension Commuted, the retiring
employee is loosing Rs 19.392 Due
to
revised / modified commutation table. Hence
the Justification.
·
Further Proposal if any
Other Generalised Issues which
shall be incorporated/highlighted with
proper Justifications :
- Increase in DA is based on Increase in All
- Dearness Allowance should
invariably be merged with Pay when it reaches 50% to reduce the erosion in
Pay Packet.
- Wage Revision for
- Parity In Pension/Family pension between Pre & Post CPC Retirees
- Implementation of Judgments which reaches Finality, for All Similarly
placed employees to avoid chain
litigations
...
etc
NOTE The Central Executive shall
draft a comprehensive memorandum on all the issues related to the employees.
But only few very important issues have been enumerated above. Any specific
proposals, on matter relating to Other allowances including Daily Allowance on
Tour, Entitlement & Quantum of various Advances ,Retirement Benefits, LTC
etc and other left-over issues not covered above may also be suggested if desired
.
If
space is insufficient for Proposals /Justifications attach extra sheet.
Remember,
Every suggestion You make, matters to the Association.
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