MINUTES OF THE 8TH
STATE LEVEL CONFERENCE OF THE CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND
WORKERS KARNATAKA STATE
The 8th State Level Conference of
the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers Karnataka unit was held on 20th
may 2014 at Income Tax Office, Queen’s road, Bangalore at 3:00 pm.
Com. Vinod, welcomed the gathering and
invited Working President Com. Radhakrishna, Chief Guest Com. Krishnan, and
Secretary Com. Prasad to the dias.
The conference was presided over by S.Radhakrishna
Working President.
Obituary:
Com. Radhakrisha recalled the yeomen services
of the departed comrades Com. O.P.Gupta, former Secretary General NFPTE Com. Umromal
Purohit President AIRF and Secretary Staff Side National Council of JCM
Rurohit, Com. Barada Bhattacharya, former Vice President and Aditional
Secretary General of Alll India Audit & Accounts Association and veteran
leader of CG movement in West Bengal Com. Nagendra, former Circle Secretary R3
and Com. Savanur former Circle Secretary P3 among others. The assembly observed
one minute’s silence in honour of the departed comrades.
Introductory Remarks
of President:
Com Radhakrishna Working President COC Karnataka then set the note for the
deliberations of the convention by highlighting the heritage of Karnataka COC
and the path-breaking role it has taken from its inception in 1982. He recognized that Karnataka COC has
successfully implemented all the programmed of the Confederation. He also described the present scenario where
with the new Government policies are likely to move from left of centre to
right of centre. He expressed caution since the slogan of the present
dispensation with regard to governance viz., Minimum governance and maximum
government – could be ominous given the extent of liberalization, privatization
and contractualization that has been implemented in the Gujarat model. However, we will have to watch the
performance and policies of the new government before we decide the future
course of actions with regard to the activities of the Confederation. With regard to the 7th Central Pay
Commission, he concisely outlined that the COC sought a telescopic scale with
the integration of grade pay i.e. the fixing of the minimum and maximum scale
with suitable increments in between thus restoring the flexibility which was
lost due to the introduction of the Grade Pay system.
He warmly welcomed Com Krishnan who was
greeted with a bouquet by Com
Venkataramani
Com. Radhakrishna was greeted with a bouquet
by Com Juliana R.Vincent.
GENERAL SECRETARY’S REPORT:
Com. P.S.Prasad GENERAL SECRETARY COC KARNATAKA welcomed all members including from districts
representatives such as Bangalore , Hubli, Karwar , Ramangaram , Kolar etc.were present. Secretary
Com. P.S.Prasad presented his report. He thanked the Central leadership for
their special regard and co-operation to Karnataka COC. While highlighting that the Karnataka COC had
made extensive and sincere efforts to implement all the programmes and calls
given by the Confederation and had successfully implemented the same, he
thanked the member organizations of the Karnataka COC for their co-operation
and inputs and hard work. He also requested
the member organizations to be more involved in the activities of the COC, by
participating with greater regularity and numbers in the meetings of the
Karnataka COC and in being regular in the financial contributions also. He warned against being divided along lines
of regionalism, language and caste since it would only be detrimental to the
cause of the Working Class. He also informed the house at several districts the
COC is very active and in coming years the he suggested that all districts the
COC will be vibrant.
He
He welcomed Com. Krishnan with great pleasure
to participate in this 8th State Level Convention of the Karnataka
COC.
The report was unanimously accepted.
PASSING OF ACCOUNTS:
The statement of accounts had been circulated
well in advance and the gathering accepted and passed the accounts unanimously. There was an appeal by the General Secretary COC to all affiliates to contribute @ Rs 5 per member as special contribution for meeting expenditure towards 7th CPC memorandum preparation and conference expenditure. The President of the meeting also requested all affiliates to special contribution for meeting expenditure towards 7th CPC memorandum preparation and hand it over to Finance Secretary.
ADDRESS BY COM.M.
KRISHNAN SECRETARY GENERAL CONFEDERATION
Com. M.Krishnan SECRETARY GENERAL CONFEDERATION congratulated the Karnataka COC
for being one of the most vibrant of the State COCs. He appreciated the contribution of the
Karnataka COC not only in organizational matters but also in intellectual
contribution. He particularly
appreciated the hard work put in by Com. Prasad in preparing the memorandum to
the 7th Pay Commission. He
highlighted how the memorandum had been painstakingly, carefully and
scientifically prepared with a lot of research and deep introspection. He highlighted the major points on which
there was consensus with the deliberations of the confederation. He accepted the suggestions and informed the
gathering that the confederation was proud to invite Com Prasad to Delhi for
informal talks regarding the submission of memorandum to the 7th CPC
at which time due diligence will be paid to the suggestions and the reasoning
presented by Karnataka COC.
Com Krishnan also appraised the gathering of
the challenges before the confederation in working with other members of the
JCM to find common ground and intellectual agreement on the policies to be
recommended to the 7th CPC due to the varying needs and ground realities. But it is heartening that common ground has
been identified and the Confederation with its initiative will be presenting a
joint memorandum with the JCM to the 7th CPC.
The Confederation being the only organization
that envisaged and successfully implemented the demand for the constitution of
the 7th CPC 2 years before the due date, was still spearheading the
struggle to achieve pay revision every 5 years for Central Government employees
and workers.
Com Krishnan was very hopeful that with the
co-operation of the State COCs the joint action with the JCM would give
positive results. But he also cautioned
that from past experience it is evident that significant achievement both in
wages and in service conditions are achieved only through firm resolve and
struggle and therefore we must gear ourselves to carry forward the struggle if
need arises till we achieve our rightful demands.
He also urged Karnataka COC to continue its
yeomen service and to work towards its growth so that it would be the strongest
State COC in the country.
In the 8th State
Level Conference the election to the Executive committee of COC Karnataka
was held at Income tax office on 20/5/14 and Com Muthukumar declared that
following members have been elected unanimously to the executive committee for
the period 2014-17 .
Post
|
Name
|
Organization
|
President
|
Com S.Radhakrishna
|
AG’S
|
Working President
|
Com S.Venkataramani
|
NFPE (P-3)
|
Vice President
|
Com Jawarayi Gowda
|
NFPE(P-3)
|
Vice President
|
Com Juliana Vincent
|
Survey of India Ministerial Association
|
General Secretary
|
Com P.S.Prasad
|
AICGWBEA
|
Joint Secretary
|
Com Vinod
|
ITEF
|
Joint Secretary
|
Com M.Ramakrishna
|
NFPE (RMS)
|
Finance Secretary
|
Com Dominic Vijay Anand
|
Postal Accounts
|
Asst Finance Secretary
|
Com C.A. Kameshwary
|
IMD
|
Assistant Secretary
|
Com D.Jayaraman
|
ITEF
|
Assistant Secretary
|
Com M.B.Krishnappa
|
NFPE(Postmen)
|
Assistant Secretary
|
Com Mohan Pai
|
Census
|
Assistant Secretary
|
Com D,K.Bharathi
|
NFPE (Admin)
|
Assistant Secretary
|
Com Vidya Simha
|
AG'S
|
Assistant Secretary
|
Com L.G.Srinivas
|
CGHS
|
Assistant Secretary
|
Com Bhaskar
|
Central Excise Inspectors Association
|
|
|
|
Auditor
|
Com Umesh S. Kamatagi
|
AICGWBEA
|
Adviser's :Com Muthukumar, Com Neelappa &
Com Kamalashenan
.
The proposals were unanimously accepted and
the office bearers were felicitated.
Com P.S.Prasad thanked the Karnataka COC
members for having reposed faith in him and for giving him an opportunity to
continue serving the Karnataka COC and the Working Class Movement.
VOTE OF THANKS:
Vote of thanks was proposed by Venkataramani who thanked all members for kind co-operation and Com M.Krishnan Secretary General Confdn for attending this meeting, He also thanked. ITEF for making arrangements for this seminar.
President Com Radhakrishna declared the
meeting closed.
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