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Photos of Demonstration Program held on 30th Dec 2015

AICGWBEA Bangalore 

AICGWBEA Bangalore 

Postal Accounts GPO 

Postal Accounts GPO

at CPMG Office Bangalore 

at CPMG Office Bangalore 

AICGWBEA Belgaum

NFPE Bellary 

NFPE Bellary 

SOI Bangalore 

Bonus bill

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill allowing doubling of wage ceiling for calculating bonus to Rs 7,000 per month for factory workers with establishments with 20 or more workers, with the benefits being applicable retrospectively from April 2014.

Government expenditurer on CG employees and actual impact on government finances

Comrades,

          There are various reports in the media about the impact of the 7^th CPC recommendations on the common man and the government resources at large, the reports suggest that additional amount of    Rs  one lakh crores of public money has been spent for implementation of the 7^th CPC recommendations for 35 lakhs central Government employees, Perhaps the strongest criticism of Pay Commission awards is that they play havoc with government finances and also  state government demand support to implement the 7^th CPC recommendations. At the aggregate level, these concerns are somewhat exaggerated and which is totally wrong.

Let us examine the 7^th CPC report vide para no 3.65 and 3.66 and the website of Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure Pay Research Unit for Brochure on Pay and Allowances of Central Government Civilian Employees visit website : http://finmin.nic.in/pru/BROCHURE/PayAllowance2013-14E.pdf

The 7^th CPC report para number 3.65 and 3.66

3.65 The total expenditure on pay and allowances for civil personnel of Central Government in the recent years is brought out in Table 9.

Table 9: Expenditure on Pay and Allowances

Year	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Amount(Rs crore )	51,664 80	80,110	1,07,402	1,07,550	1,17,565	1,29,599
As a percent of GDP	1.04	1.42	1.66	1.38	1.33	1.30

The Commission has obtained details of expenditure from each ministry/department for up to FY 2012-13. Of the total expenditure on pay and allowances of Rs 1,29,599 crore for the financial year 2012-13.

3.66 The expenditure per capita on pay and allowances for Civil Central Government personnel for FY 2012-13 was Rs 3.92  lakh per annum i.e Rs  32666/- per month.

Add 35% DA for the period 1/4/2013 to 1/1/2016 average salary of Civil Central Government personnel as on 1/1/2016 at 125% DA which works around  Rs 37500/- per month (Rs 4.50 lakhs per annum ) without 7^th CPC recommendations . ie Rs  1.57,000 crores  

Add average 16% wage increase due to 7^th CPC which works out to Rs 43500/- per month Rs  5.22 lakhs per annum) with 7^th CPC  implementation .

Total Expenditure for 35 lakhs for Civil Central Government personnel for FY 2016-17 is around Rs 1,83,000 crores In respect of pensions expenditure for 55 lakhs pensioners amount is around  Rs 81,000/ crores as on 1/1/2016. which is against the revenue  receipts of Rs 19 lakh crores. The percentage of revenue receipt and wages is just around 13 % of the total revenue is spent on the wages and pension for the Central Government personnel. In fact it is just at 1.3 % of the GDP.   

 This clearly shows that that the increase in impact for the government of India finances is just  below additional Rs  25,000/- crores not additional Rs 1,00,000/- crores as per the media reports.    

The 7^th CPC recommendations’ impact need not give jitters to the government because the rise in government wages will amount to only 0.4 per cent of GDP.

One more aspect is that technically, the recommendations of a Central Pay Commission are only for Central Government employees and States are not bound to follow suit. Indeed, up to the 1980s, States constituted their own Pay Commissions and prescribed their own pay scales, based upon their fiscal capacity.

Let us not be carried over by the media or press reports, hence we should educate each and every employee for struggle and so that a decent wage hike is achieved.                                   

                                          Comradely yours

                                           (P.S.Prasad)

                                          General Secretary       

Change of nomenclature of the posts of Assistant of Central Secretariat Service

G.I., Min. of Per. & Trg., O.M.F.No.21/12/2010-CS.I(P), dated 21.12.2015

Approval of the competent authority is hereby conveyed for change of nomenclature of the posts of Assistant of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) and Upper Division Clerk and Lower Division Clerk of Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) as under:

The change in nomenclature comes into force with immediate effect.

The necessary amendments to Central Secretariat Service Rules, 2009 and Central Secretariat Service Rules, 1962 will follow.

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Wage hike and trade union action

Comrades ,

                   The 7th CPC has cheated the 35 lakhs Central Government Employees and 50 lakhs pensioners, by announcing meagre 14.29% wage hike, in actual term of increase for serving employees after deduction of Income tax, enhanced subscription of CGEIS, licence fee, CGHS etc the net increase is actually varies from 1% to 4 % increase.   

             The similar situation was existing for central Government employees during the 5^th CPC , as the 5^th CPC had recommended 20% wage hike after strike notice was served then the Third Front Government agreed to provide 40% wage hike, recently the 6^th CPC had provided 54% wage hike.This is lowest wage hike by any pay commission.  

           The Central Government Employees are having 10 years wage revision against the basic principle of 5 years wage revision adopted by all other Government agency such as Banks Employees, PSU employees etc. The bank employees were initially offered around 10% wage hike , after sustained trade union action they got 15% wage hike from with effect from 1^st November  2012. Cumulatively it works out to more than 35 % wage hike for 10 years. The AP and Telangana state government employees got recently 40 % wage hike the pay commission of AP had also adopted Dr. Aykroyd formula and 15th ILO norms and fixed at Rs 13,000/- minimum wage as on 1^st July 2013 , if we calculate the minimum wage on this basis for the Central Government Employees the minimum wage works out to Rs 25,000/- and fitment formula of  3.57 .      

          Comrades let us fight united under the NJCA banner to achieve a decent wage hike, the 7^th CPC has erred in the calculation of minimum wage for the Central Government Employees it has fixed at Rs 18000/ against the staff side demand of Rs 26,000/-. while calculating the minimum wage as per Dr. Aykroyd formula and 15th ILO norms the 7^th CPC has taken wrong prices of the essential items for example the price of one kg of pulses as Rs 97.84 against the market price of Rs 180/- , similarly the price of one kg of rice and wheat as Rs 25.93 against the market price of Rs 50/- & Rs 40, and 7^th CPC has modified the Dr. Aykroyd formula and 15th ILO norms. The 7^th CPC has taken 125% DA into consideration, at present the DA is likely to cross 125% , the prices of essential commodity including rice and pulses are showing increase in last month and further rise due to floods and draught in many states.

     Overall the 7^th CPC has erred in calculation of minimum wage for the Central Government Employees there by denying the correct fitment formula and right wage hike. Comrade it is time to mobilize, educate and prepare for trade union action. Like bank employees we should also get right wage agreement.   

                                                                                                       Comradely yours

                                                                                                      (P.S.Prasad)

                                General Secretary                                                                                             

DOPT Minister Clarifies on Retirement Age 58 or 33 Years of Service

In Lok Sabha today, the DOPT Minister Shri Jitendra Singhji said that there is no proposal to reduce the retirement age to 58 years of age or 33 years of service for Central Government employees.

In a written reply for the question regarding the retirement age of Central Government employees in Parliament today, the concerend Minster of State for Personnel Jitendra Singhji said that the there is no such proposal to reduce the retirement age with the connection of 33 years of service.

NJCA Circular

INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 1st WEEK OF MARCH 2016

Hold demonstrations on 30.12.2015 in front of all offices and Submit copy of the Charter of Demands to Head of offices for onward transmission to Cabinet Secretary.

Conduct three days Dharna at all state capitals and Industrial Centres/Establishments on 19^th, 20^th & 21^st January 2016.

NJCA will meet on 8^th February 2016 to decide the date of commencement of indefinite strike.

(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Confederation

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INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 1st WEEK OF MARCH 2016

INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 1st WEEK OF MARCH 2016 – SECRETARY, JCM (NC) STAFF SIDE WRITES TO GOVERNMENT.

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Labour Law Amendment

Restriction of Outsiders in Trade Unions

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has taken steps for drafting the Labour Code on Industrial Relations, by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalizing the relevant provisions of the following three Labour Laws:-

(i) The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947,

(ii) The Trade Unions Act, 1926,

(iii) The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.

The Government carried out the process of Tripartite Consultation for drafting the Labour Code on Industrial Relations, where the representatives from Central Trade Unions, Employers’ Association and Central Ministries/State Governments participated and gave their suggestions. Two such meetings for the tripartite consultation on this Labour Code were held on 06.05.2015 and 06.10.2015.

During consultation stage, the draft of the Labour Code on Industrial Relations has also been shared with experts of International Labour Organisation (ILO) who have provided their suggestions on the provisions of the draft code. The provisions of the draft code are under consideration.

This information given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Ministry Labour and Employment, in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. 

Source: http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=0 dated 7th Dec 2015

Staff side views on 7th CPC to be provided to the Government

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

39-A. North Block. New Delhi-110001

November 21. 2015

D.O.No.1-4/2012-EIII(A)

Dear Sir.

The Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission was submitted to the Government on 19.11.2015. A COPY of the Report is placed on the website of Ministry of Finance (www.finmin.nic.in)

2. The process to examine the recommendations of the Commission has to commence immediately. An Empowered Committee of Secretaries chaired by cabinet Secretary is being constituted to consider the recommendations in its entirety and after considering the views of all the Departments as well as the Staff Associations and JCM. An implementation Cell is also being created In this Ministry to process the recommendations based on the views of the Ministries/Departments , Staff Associations and JCM for submitting the matter for consideration of the empowered Committee of Secretaries and thereafter for approval of the Cabinet based on the conclusions arrived at by the Empowered Committee of Secretaries.

3. Thus, the process to consider the, recommendations before it reaches a final shape for approval of the Cabinet requires consultation amongst all the Ministries/Departments who may formulate their opinion based on the views of Staff Associations under their administrative control.

Understanding the important Recommendations of 7th Pay Commission

4. Accordingly. it is requested that the following action may be taken on an urgent basis in your Department:

(i) A Nodal Officer at the level of a Joint Secretary may be nominated immediately. Whom the implementation Cell in this Ministry would be interacting with during the course of processing of the recommendations

(ii) The recommendations of the Commission may be examined in regard to issues concerning your Department and the views thereon may be furnished to this Ministry within three weeks.

(iii)The recommendations of the Commission may be examined in regard Posts/Cadre/service/ organization under your Department and the views thereon may be furnished to this Ministry within three weeks.

(iv) While formulating the views of your Department, the comments, if any of any of the recognized Staff Associations under the administrative control of your Department. may also be obtained and taken into account.

(v) In case your Department has any view on any of the recommendations contained in the Report, even though it may not directly pertain to your Department, may also be furnished under a separate category within three weeks.

(vi) In case you have any other suggestion to make in this regard, the same will be appreciated.

5. I request you, accordingly to kindly ensure that the action on the above points is given utmost priority and the same is completed within the stipulated timeline of three weeks.

With warm regards.

Yours sincerely.

sd/-

(Annie G Mathew)

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7th CPC Recommendations - Confederation National Secretariat Decisions

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Dear Comrades,

National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Govt Employees  & Workers held on 27-11-15 at New Delhi after detailed deliberations on the recommendations of the 7^th Central Pay Commission (CPC) has decided as follows :

1.The National Secretariat has come to the unanimous conclusion that many of the recommendations of the 7^th CPC are most retrograde and require to  be modified before implementation by the Government, especially the faulty and depressed  minimum wage arrived at by the 7^th CPC and the fitment formula. Some of the recommendations such as abolition of certain allowances etc., are to be rejected.

2. The National Secretariat is of the firm opinion that a united struggle of entire Central Govt Employees including Railways, Defence and Confederation under the banner of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) can only compel the Government to modify or reject the retrograde recommendations of the 7^th CPC and hence it is decided to further strengthen the unity.

3. The National Secretariat further resolved that the form of the united struggle of NJCA should be an indefinite strike, within a time frame, as Govt is moving fast to implement the recommendations. Negotiation with the Government should precede declaration of indefinite strike and intensive campaign among the employees and mobilization, to create sanction behind the demands.

4. In case the requisite movement is not coming about for any reason, Confederation National Secretariat will meet and chalk out its own independent action.

5. Regarding the sector-wise issues relating to the employees of each department, the affiliated organizations of the Confederation in those departments shall take initiative for uniting all like-minded Federations/Associations/Unions in their department and shall organize agitational programmes on departmental specific demands.

6. The National Secretariat decided to insist that the charter of demands of the NJCA and Confederation should include the demands of Gramin Dak Sevaks, Casual/Contract labourers, filling up of vacancies and scraping the New Contributory Pension Scheme.

7. All affiliated organizations of Confederation are requested to intimate by e-mail to the Confederation CHQ  (confederationhq@gmail.com or mkrishnan6854@gmail.com) on the required modifications or additions / deletions in the common recommendations (not department-specific) of the 7^th Pay Commission on or before 05-12-2015.

8. Available Secretariat members of the Confederation will meet on 07-12-2015 at New Delhi and finalize the common demands to be included in the charter of demands of NJCA. (NJCA meeting is being held at JCM National Council, Staff-side office on 08-12-2015 to finalize the charter of demands and the further course of action).

9. The National Secretariat congratulated all the Central Govt Employees who made the 27^th November 2015 ‘All India Protest Day’ at the call of NJCA, a grand success all over the country by wearing ‘black badges’ and participating in protest demonstrations.

Other Decisions:

1. Next All India Workshop-cum-Trade Union Camp of Confederation will be held at Dehradun (Uttarakhand) before March 2016.

2. The National Secretariat extended full support and solidarity to the proposed agitational programmes of Passport Employees Association including ‘Indefinite hungerfast’.

=M.Krishnan

Secretary General

More photos of Black Badge Program

Photos of Black Badge Day 0n 27th Nov 2015

SETTING UP OF IMPLEMENTATION CELL FOR 7th CPC

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Meetings with the VII CPC and the Cabinet Secretary – resentment conveyed to Govt. of India

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Black day badge

PRESS STATEMENT- NATIONAL JCA

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7th CPC Report needs changes

Comrades,

                  The 7th CPC has submitted its report to the Government of India and the expectations of the employees of the Central Government are not in lines of the recommendations of the 7th CPC at many places the existing allowances have been decreased or abolished totally.  The rate of HRA is also reduced to 24% , 16 and 9%.  

                 The main demands of the employees are not considered which include five promotions scheme. Only positive in these reports are parity in pension, retention of DA formula and removal of grade pay system.  The same amount of transport allowance and tour TA/DA is existing; here also there is no change. 

               The major disparity is in the case of minimum wage and fitment formula here the 7th CPC has erred in its calculations and adoption of  Dr. Aykroyd formula and 15th ILO norms instead of fixing minimum wage at Rs 23,000/ it has fixed at Rs 18,000/-, There by the fitment formula instead of 3.25 is at 2.57 thereby the wage hike should have been by 30% , now its is only 14.27 %.

The following table shows the real increase given by each CPC/Government over the previously set minimum pay:

( in percent)

II CPC	14.2
III CPC	20.6
IV CPC	27.6
V CPC	31.0
VI CPC	54.0
VII CPC	14.27

This is the lowest percentage of increase compared to all pay commission report. 

                  The prices from Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers maintained by Labour Bureau, Shimla is taken instead of Directorate of Economics &  Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture  here the prices are much higher than the  Labour Bureau, Shimla. The 6th CPC has taken average of retail prices and the Government prices, This methodology has also not been adopted.   

                 Secondly the 6th CPC had aslo adopted  Dr. Aykroyd formula and 15th ILO norms the 7th CPC has modified that formula this has also resulted in wrong fixation of the minimum wage.

The 6th CPC minimum wage fixation is given below.

Table 2.2.1

Fixation of Minimum wage as on 1.1.2006 as per 15 ILC norms

Items	Per day PCU	Per month 3CU	Price per kg. taken by Staff Side	Total cost as per Staff Side	Price per kg. as per prevailing rates	Total cost as per prevailing rates
	(In grams)	(In kg)	(In Rs)	(In Rs)	(In Rs)	(In Rs)
Rice/wheat	475	42.75	22	941	18	769.5
Dal (Toor/ Urad / moong)	80	7.2	65	468	40	288
Raw Veg.	100	9	28	252	10	90
Greenleaf Veg.	125	11.25	24	370	10	112.5
Other Veg.	75	6.75	26	176	10	67.5
Fruits	120	10.8	50	540	30	324
Milk	200 Ml	18 Lt.	24	432	24	432
Sugar and Jaggery	56	5	24	120	24	120
Edible Oil	40	3.6	90	324	50	180
Fish		2.5	180	450	120	300
Meat		5	180	900	120	600
Egg		90 (no)	2.5	225	2	180
Detergents etc			300 P/m	300	200	200
Clothing		5.5 Mt.	80/Mt.	440	80/Mt.	440
Total				5838		4103.5
Misc. @ 20%*				1167.6		827
Total				7005.6		4930.5
Addl. Exp @ 25%**				1751.4	400#	400#
Total				8757		5330.5
Housing @ 10%***				973		^148
Grand Total				9730		5478.5

Source : Average market rates in Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai as indicated in the Economic Times & other major dailies (element of 20% has been added to cover the increase in cost in retail sale).

Notes     PCU  =  Per  day Consumption Unit          3CU = Three Consumption Units

*      20% Miscellaneous charges towards fuel, electricity, water etc.

** Additional Expense at the rate of 25% includes expenditure towards education, medical treatment, housing, recreation, festivals etc.

# Has been taken as Rs.400 because separate allowances for education, medical treatment and housing exist in the Government. Consequently, only the expenditure towards recreation & festivals need to be taken in account.

^ Being the license fee chargeable for government accommodation at an average rate of 3% of the basic pay

   The 7th CPC fixation is also given below: 

Calculation of Minimum Pay as on 01.01.2016 by the Commission
						Price/ Unit (₹)
		Per day PCU		Per month 3 PCU			Expenses (₹)
			Unit		Unit
1	Rice/Wheat	475	gm	42.75	kg	25.93	1108.3
2	Dal (Toor/Urad/Moong)	80	gm	7.2	kg	97.84	704.44
3	Raw Vegetables	100	gm	9	kg	58.48	526.28
4	Green Vegetables	125	gm	11.25	kg	38.12	428.85
5	Other Vegetables	75	gm	6.75	kg	32.8	221.42
6	Fruits	120	gm	10.8	kg	64.16	692.93
7	Milk	200	ml	18	litre	37.74	679.26
8	Sugar/Jaggery	56	gm	5.04	kg	37.4	188.48
9	Edible Oil	40	gm	3.6	kg	114.02	410.46
10	Fish			2.5	kg	268.38	670.95
11	Meat			5	kg	400.9	2004.51
12	Egg			90	no.	4.27	383.98
13	Detergents etc			₹/month		291.31	291.31
14	Clothing			5.5		164.88	906.83
15	Total (1-14)						9217.99
16	Fuel, Electricity, Water Charges						2304.5
17	Total-(15) divided by 0.8						11522.49
18	Marriage, Recreation, Festivals, etc.						2033.38
19	Total-(17) divided by 0.85						13555.87
20	Provide for Skill by adding 25% to (19)						3388.97
21	Sum (19+20)						16944.84
22	Housing @						524.07
23	Total-Divide no.21 by 0.97						17468.91
24	Step up of 3% on No.23 as DA is projected at 125% on 01.01.2016						524.07
25	Final Minimum Pay as on 01.01.2016 (23+24)						17992.98
26	Rounding off						18000

Minimum Wage as per Prices  of  Directorate of Economics &  Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture 

Prices  as on 1/11/2015
Item		Per Month	Average	Amount
		3 units	Rate
		in Kgs/ mt
Rice Super  fine/Wheat atta		42.75	44.25	1891.6875
Dal		7.2	151.87	1093.464
Raw Vegetables		9	30.47	274.23
Green Vegetables*		11.25	40	450
Other Vegetables*		6.75	40	270
Fruits		10.8	68.87	743.796
Milk Dairy		18	38.16	686.88
Sugar		5	31.75	158.75
Edible Oil		3.6	136.71	492.156
Fish		2.5	433.81	1084.525
Meat Mutton		5	447.18	2235.9
Egg		90	4.89	440.1
Detergents*		1	300	300
Clothes		5.5	240	1320
Total				11341.4885
Housing @ 7.5%				850
Miscellaneous @ 20%				2268
Total				14460
Additional @ 25%				3615
				18075
Grand Total -	Say Rs 18,000/-
Minimum pay for unskilled worker in the erstwhile Group D				18000
Additional @ 25% for Group "C"				4518
Minimum pay for skilled worker in the erstwhile Group "C" as per Govt Prices				22593
Source : http://rpms.dacnet.nic.in/Bulletin.aspx
http://rpms.dacnet.nic.in/
Add 10% for retail price diffrence				2300
Actual Minimum wage				25,000

 Hence it is quite clear that the minimum wage calculation and fitment formula needs relook. Also the allowances rates should be increased.

Comradely yours  

(P.S.Prasad)

General Secretary