Memorandum
to the
Seventh Pay Commission
Comptroller & Auditor General of India
Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ cadres
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS Thursday, November 13, 2014
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
NDA Government and Workers Issues
Comrades,
The NDA Government under the leadership of Shri Narendra Modiji has been
continuously ignoring the working class interest. The working class constitutes
nearly half the country population.
Today the workers both in organized sector or unorganized sector are
facing several problems which should be addressed immediately by the NDA
Government. The following are the issues which affect the working class.
1) The non filling up of
vacant post has put pressure on the working class; the entire work load has to
be carried out by the existing Employees/ Workers. Let it be Central Govt.
employees / State Govt. employees / Bank employees / PSU etc. In India the
total Government employees for one lakh population is around 1700, whereas in
USA it is 7800 Government employees. Even today many towns don’t have Railway
network, many villages don’t have a Post office and the staff position in
Income tax & Central Excise departments is bad, which is effecting revenue
collection.
The regular jobs are carried out by contact labours , who
are exploited a lot. who are paid just Rs 3000/- to Rs 10,000/- as
salary and denied all benefits.
The
NDA government initial mantra of minimum Government and maximum governance has
failed, they have now expanded the ministry by indicting 22 new ministers with
these now they have realized that this minimum Government and maximum
governance is no longer valid for development of the nation, whereas there is
ban on creation of post for Central Government, these should be lifted at once.
For proper development of the nation, enough Government employees should be
posted to successfully implement the Government policies and programs, which
will benefit the people of the country.
2) The Government work is
proposed to be carried out on PPP model, which is very dangerous, the concept
of service will be slowly be replaced by the profit. This will affect the poor
and downtrodden people. Cost of Postal services and Railway services will
increase by 5 times, if there is change in Government policy from service
orenitation to profit criteria.
3) The concept of 8 hours
working culture is vanishing due to work pressure.
4) The Bonus act has not
been amended from past 7 years, the existing bonus ceiling has to be enhanced
from Rs 3500/ to Rs 10,000/- The cap on bonus ceiling should be removed.
5) The price rise in past
10 years has burdened the working class; the price rise has shown an increase
of more than 250%. Whereas the Consumer Price Index has risen only by 150
points. The Dearness Allowance for Central Govt. employees / State Govt.
employees / Bank employees / PSU have risen only by 100%. There is a gap
between actual price rise and DA provided which is more than100%. The real
wages has been eroded, the money value has decreased. There is a move to have
new CPI from 2015, further the DA will decrease. The wages should increase by
more than 100% in all sectors.
6) The wage revision should
take place every five years rather than 10 years.
7) The actual spending on
the wages and allowances in Central Government sectors are just below 10
% of the revenue collection, The actual spending should have been around 20% of
the revenue collection , the Central Government should be model employer,
the minimum wage for the skilled worker including GDS employees should be Rs
35,000/ as starting salary.
8) The lack of promotions
is also worrying and which is lacking in motivation of the employees. The
increment rate should be at least 5%.
9) The labour reforms
without consultation taking into unions and stake holders will be very
dangerous.
The following programs are slated .
The Bank Employees and Officers are on strike on
12/11/14 the demands are similar to the Central Government employees. In
the negotiations held today (10.11.2014) IBA stuck to their earlier stand of
11% despite the flexibility of UFBU in scaling down the demand to 23%. Their
demands are quite justified.
The Central Government Employees are holding a joint
seminar on 11th December 2014 at New Delhi, which may lead to
massive strikes. The Confederation has given a call for boycotting offices on
18th November for two hours. for DA merger , IR, date of
effect from 1/1/2014 etc.
The trade unions are holding massive rally of march to
parliament on 5th December 2014 at New Delhi.
. We sincerely hope the NDA Government will seriously
note the justified demands of the working class and the working class interest
should be kept in mind while formulating programs and policy’s of the nation.
We should not be mere spectators and we should act and mobilize
the working class on a single platform .
Comradely yours
(P.S.Prasad)
General Secretary
Monday, November 10, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Monday, November 3, 2014
Inclusion of Aadhaar in Service Book
Inclusion of Aadhaar (Unique Identification) number in Service Book of Government servants.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Consumer Price Index September 2014 & DA
CLICK HERE FOR CPI SEPTEMBER 2014
Consumer Price Index September 2014 is 253 points
as on August 2014 is also 253 points
and
DA is 110.71
Thursday, October 30, 2014
CGHS Circular on empanelment of Hospitals
Extension of validity of empanelment of All Health Care Organizations empanelled under CGHS cities outside Delhi/NCR upto 16th November, 2014: CGHS Order
CLICK HERE FOR CGHS CIRCULAR
Govt unveils austerity drive
CLICK HERE FOR FINANCE MINISTRY CIRCULAR
Govt unveils austerity drive; bars First Class travel
New Delhi, Oct 30, 2014, (PTI):
Unveiling an austerity drive to cut non-plan expenditure by 10 per cent, government has barred bureaucrats from travelling First Class on overseas visits and have been asked to use video conferencing as much as possible.
With an aim to restrict fiscal deficit to 4.1 per cent of GDP in 2014-15, the Finance Ministry has barred officials from holding meetings in 5-star hotels and put a freeze on fresh appointments and filling up posts lying vacant for over one year.
"While officers are entitled to various classes of air travel depending on seniority, utmost economy would need to be observed while exercising the choice keeping the limitations of budget in mind. However, there would no bookings in the First Class," said the office memorandum.
The facility of Video Conferencing, it said, "may be used effectively".
The Finance Ministry said purchase of new vehicles to meet operational requirement of defence forces, Paramilitary forces and security organisations are permitted but ban on purchase of any other vehicles would continue.
"Such measures are intended at promoting fiscal discipline, without restricting the operational efficiency of the government. In the context of the current fiscal situation, there is a need to continue to rationalise expenditure and optimise available resources," it said.
The government proposes to lower the fiscal deficit to 3 per cent of GDP by 2016-17. The deficit which had touched a high of 5.7 per cent in 2011-12, was brought down to 4.8 per cent in 2012-13 and further to 4.5 per cent in 2013-14 by way of austerity measures.
"The task before me is very challenging because we need to revive growth, particularly in manufacturing sector and infrastructure," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said in his budget speech. He added that choice has to be made whether or not to be victims of mere populism and wasteful expenditure.
The Finance Ministry said that the "mandatory 10 per cent cut" in plan expenditure will exclude interest payments, repayment of debt, defence, capital, salaries, pensions and grants to the state.
"No re-appropriation of funds to augment the non-plan heads of expenditure on which cuts have been imposed, shall be allowed during the current fiscal," it said.
It said the austerity measures would also apply to autonomous bodies, adding that no fresh commitments would be made over and above what was provided in the Budget.
Only seminars and conferences that are absolutely essential should be organised, it said, adding that "holding of exhibitions/seminars/conferences abroad is strongly discouraged except in case of exhibitions for trade promotions."
It said in all cases of air travel the lowest air fare tickets available for entitled class are to be purchased. "No companion free ticket on domestic/international travel is to be availed of," it added.
Referring to jobs in government departments, it said there will be a total ban on new posts and those that have remained vacant for more than a year will not be filled except "under very rare and unavoidable circumstances".
The Finance Ministry has also asked the departments to avoid bunching up expenditure in the last quarter to ensure that there is no infructuous or wasteful spending.
It said the Secretaries would be responsible to ensure compliance of the austerity measures and the Financial Advisors would be required to submit reports to the Finance Ministry on a quarterly basis.
The non-plan expenditure of government deals with outlay on subsidies, interest payment, salary, among others.
For the current fiscal, the government has proposed a Plan expenditure of Rs 5.75 lakh crore, while that for non-Plan expenditure is over Rs 12.19 lakh crore.
Total budgeted expenditure estimates, including Plan and non-Plan stand at Rs 17,94,892 crore, higher than revised estimates for 2013-14 at Rs 15,90,434 crore.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
COC Meeting on 12/11/14
To
All Affiliates
COC Karnataka
Comrade,
The meeting of the COC Karnataka will be held at ITEF room, Income tax office Bangalore on 12th November 2014 (Wednesday) at 6.30 pm to discuss the following agenda.
1) Preparations for study camp including formation of committees.
2) Mass Dharna program on 18th November 2014.
3) JCM convention at New Delhi on 11th December 2014 on DA merger , IR, Date of effect of 7th CPC.
4) Financial position of COC.
All members are requested to participate in the COC meeting at ITEF room on 12th November 2014 (Wednesday) at 6.30 pm
Comradely Yours
(P.S.Prasad)
General Secretary
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
COC Meeting on 29/10/14
To
All Affiliates
COC Karnataka
Comrade,
The meeting of the COC Karnataka will be held at ITEF room, Income tax office Bangalore on 29th October 2014 (Wednesday) at 6.30 pm to discuss the following agenda.
1) Preparations for study camp including formation of committees.
2) Mass Dharna program on 18th November 2014.
3) JCM convention at New Delhi on 11th December 2014 on DA merger , IR, Date of effect of 7th CPC.
4) Financial position of COC.
All members are requested to participate in the COC meeting at ITEF room on 29th October 2014 (Wednesday) at 6.30 pm .
Comradely Yours
(P.S.Prasad)
General Secretary
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
INDIA TRADE UNION WORKSHOP AT BANGALORE
CONFEDERATION ALL INDIA TRADE UNION WORKSHOP AT BANGALORE ON 5TH & 6TH JANUARY 2015.
Two days All India Trade Union Workshop of Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers will be held at Bangalore on 5th & 6th January 2015. COC Karnataka will host the workshop. Total number of delegates will be 200. Affiliated organization-wise delegate quota will be published shortly. Delegate Fee is fixed as Rs. 600 (Rupees Six hundred only) per delegate. Meeting of the COC held at Bangalore was attended by Confederation CHQ leaders Coms: S. K. Vyas, K. K. N. Kutty, M. Krishnan, M. S. Raja, Vrigu Bhattacharjee, Giriraj Singh, R. N. Parashar, P. Suresh, R. Seethalakshmi etc. Detailed circular will follow.
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
NATIONAL CONVENTION ON 11TH DECEMBER 2014.
JCM STAFF SIDE NATIONAL CONVENTION ON 11TH DECEMBER 2014 AT NEW DELHI. WILL DECLARE JOINT PROGRAME OF ACTION ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COMMON DEMANDS.
JCM Staff Side leadership has decided to organize a National Convention of all Central Government Employees (Railway, Defence & Confederation) on 11th December 2014 at New Delhi from 12 PM to 4 PM. Convention will adopt a joint resolution on the common demands of the Central Government Employees viz; Merger of DA, Interim Relief, Inlcusion of GDS under 7th CPC, Scrap New Pension Scheme etc and will declare joint programs of action. Further details regarding number of delegates to be participated from each affiliated Organisation & State C-O-Cs of Confederation will be published shortly.
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation
Friday, October 17, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
COC Meeting on 13th October 2014 at RMS
To
All Affiliates
COC Karnataka
Comrade,
The COC Karnataka meeting will be held on 13th October 2014 at 6.30 pm at City RMS Bangalore to discuss the preparation of study camp to be held at Bangalore in January 2015 and 7th CPC issues especially on DA merger and IR issues. The Central leaders will be addressing the COC meeting including Com M.Krishnan Secretary General Confederation of CG Employees and Workers, Com KKN Kutty President Confederation of CG Employees and Workers and other Confederation leaders.
In this connection all Comrades are requested to attend the COC meeting on 13th October 2014 at 6.30 pm at City RMS Bangalore without fail.
In the Meeting of the COC Karnataka held at city RMS Office on 3rd September 2014 it was decided to conduct the all India study camp at Bangalore in November 2014, the proposed study camp has been postponed to first week of January 2015.
I request all to affiliates to co-operate in smooth conduct of all India study camp at Bangalore during Jan 2015.
Comradely yours
(P.S.Prasad)
General Secretary
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