The discontentment among the entire central
government employees & Officers is emerging across the country. All the
Federations, All India Associations representing the Central Government Employees
and Officers of various Government organizations, with oneness condemned the
Government’s decision to accept the retrograde recommendations of the 7th Central
Pay Commission. The government’s
proposal to refer the issue of Minimum Wage and Fitment Formula to another
Committee for reconsideration is not satisfactory.
The central government employees &
Officers of the entire country under the banner of National Joint Council of
Action (NJCA) and Confederation of Central Government Gazetted Officers
Organisations (CCGGOO)have already decided to go for indefinite strike from 11th July
2016 if the Government does not change the adverse recommendations of the 7th CPC. NJCA & CCGGOO expressed their strong protest and dissatisfaction
against the unilateral decision of the Government on the VII CPC
recommendations, rejecting all the genuine and justified modifications sought
for by the NJCA & CCGGOO and unanimously decided to go ahead with strike.
After the
submission of the 7th CPC Report by its Chairman to the
Government of India on 19th November 2015, Government
constituted Empowered Committee of
Secretaries (ECoS) under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary to scrutinize
the recommendations of the Pay commission. The ECoS sat on the Pay Commission
report more than 6 months but didn’t see any adverse recommendations.
As the Pay
Commission cheated, the Empowered Committee also cheated and betrayed the
Employees and knifed behind. Whenever the Leaders met either the Pay Commission
or the Empowered Committee including its Chairman, they shared the concern of
the employees with respect to the recommendations of the minimum pay, fitment
factor etc. and assured for rectification at a certain level.
But when the Cabinet note was prepared and
submitted for the consideration of the Cabinet everything became once again
retrograde and not a single recommendation of financial impact has been
considered by the Government. By deferring the allowance hike proposed by
the seventh pay commission, by an estimate, the burden to the exchequer is
reduced by 17 per cent at Rs 84,933 crores.
Thus the
Government became the butcher of the central government employees. By
introducing the New Pension Scheme (No Pension Scheme) the government has shown
their attitude towards the Government Employees. Now they cemented their anti
labour attitude by endorsing all retrograde recommendations of the 7th Central
Pay Commission.
The Cabinet
Secretary and Secretaries of various ministries who all were the members of the
ECoS pocketed a salary hike of 24% to 25% while awarding pay hike of a mere 14%
to the Group C & Group B employees. They have not found any discrepancy in
accepting even this recommendation of mere 14.2% increase in the salary of
lowest paid employees against 25% to Secretaries. Thus the ratio of minimum pay
to maximum from 1:12, it shooted up to 1:14. Instead of the gap being reduced,
it has been further increased by the Pay Commission and without any
humanitarian approach the government accepted the same. After various deductions
for Medical, PF, tax, License Fee etc. the increase in the take home salary at
the entry level becomes less than 8% to employees.
It is to be noted
that after the independence the Government Employees got 6 Pay revisions
including the 7th CPC. All Pay Commission reports have given
gradual increase in the hike of salary such as 14% (2nd CPC),
20.6% (3rd CPC), 27.6% (4th CPC), 31% (5th CPC)
and 54% (6th CPC). It should also be noted that when 14% hike
was recommended by the 2nd CPC, the Central Government
employees for the first time in the history gone for indefinite strike, when
Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister with a thundering majority in the
Parliament. Present Government has back stabbed the entire central government
employees by offering just 14.2% hike in the salary and thus a situation
created just like that of 2nd CPC and compelled the entire
Central Government Employees to move on indefinite strike. It is worst ever pay
revision for central government employees since independence.
It is worth
mentioning here that the Government owned website of Agricultural Ministry
depicts the retail prices of commodities which go into the basket of minimum
wage based on Dr. Akroyed formula as approved by the 15th Indian
Labour Conference. If we calculate the minimum pay according to these figures,
the Minimum pay as on 01.01.2015 would be Rs. 24850. To convert the same as on
01.01.2016 3% assumed DA will be added as suggested by the 7th CPC,
the final computation will be Rs25596 and thus rounded off to Rs. 26000. The
then Andhra Pradesh State Government has implemented the state Pay Commission
which provided Rs. 22600 as minimum wage as on 01.07.2013. By adding the DA
dues in between 2013 and 2015, the corresponding figure to Rs. 22600 shall be
Rs. 27000 as on 01.01.2016.
The concern on
Minimum pay is not the only one issue in respect of the pay revision. There are
several anomalies in the recommendations of the Pay Commission and all those
issues have been brought to the notice of the ECoS. But none of the issues was
considered by the Committee or the Cabinet while taking decision.
Recommendations on Fitment Formula, Increment rate, Fixation benefit on
promotion, MACP on grade hierarchy, Pay Parity, Revision of Allowances, Leaves,
National Pension Scheme abolition etc. are some of the issues raised by the
NJCA & CCGGOO and their constituent units. Now the Government came out with
a decision to constitute another Committee to review the recommendations on
allowances. This is nothing but a gimmick to delay the implementation of the
revision of allowances at a prospective date. Thus the Government will get the
opportunity to avoid the payment of revised allowances from 1st January
2016 by which again will back stab the employees once again.
The Committee
under the chairmanship of none other than Cabinet Secretary who should be the
role model of the entire Central Government Employees could not recommend even
a single correction in the discrepancies sighted out in the recommendations of
7th CPC even after sitting 7 months on that, what best can be expected from another committee probably
headed by the same persons.
·
If the Government and the ECoS doesn’t want
to revise the Minimum Pay, what was the necessity to hold the report for 7 months
after its submission to the Government?
·
Why the Government failed to give an opportunity
to the leaders of the Central Government employees to present their case before
taking the final decision?
·
Why the Finance Minister who compared wrongly
the number of months taken by the earlier Governments to take decision on Pay
Commission recommendations forget to compare that those Governments have
entrusted Group of Ministers to interact with the elected leaders of the
Government employees before reaching a conclusion.
·
Why the Government not considered to retain
the ratio of minimum to maximum pay at least the existing, i.e.1:12 by awarding
minimum pay as Rs. 21000 comparing the higher salary of Rs. 2, 50,000 (2,
50,000/12 = 20,833)?
·
What is the purpose going to serve by delaying
the revision of allowances than extending benefit to the employees at a later
date?
·
What is the reason not to accept the hike in
the subscription in CGEGIS from the existing rate of 30, 60,120 and 240 to
1500, 2500 & 5000? The chart given below gives the
answer. If the enhanced rate of subscription for CGEGIS
retained, the take home salary for the month of January 2016 for employees
shall be less than the salary he/she got for the month of December 2015.
·
Though the Government echoed the claim of the
Pay commission that the central Government employees are given a bonanza of
14.2% pay hike, the factual position is that pay hike is just above 4 to 8%.
That too only because the Government decided to shelve the subscription hike
for CGEGIS.
The false claim and the propaganda made by
the Govt. through Electronic and Print media is far from truth.The below given
chart shows the actual benefit extended to the employees:
|
Grade Pay
|
Pay as on 31.12.2015
|
Pay as on 01.01.2016
|
Difference
|
Increase in %
|
Take home salary after deduction
as on 31.12
.2015
|
Take home salary after deduction
as on 01.01
.2016
|
Difference
|
Difference in %
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
|
1800
|
15750
|
18000
|
2250
|
14.2
|
14750
|
15931
|
1174
|
7.9
|
|
1900
|
16855
|
19900
|
3045
|
18.1
|
15794
|
17775
|
1981
|
12.5
|
|
2000
|
19035
|
21700
|
2665
|
14.0
|
17903
|
19285
|
1382
|
7.7
|
|
2400
|
22298
|
25500
|
3202
|
14.3
|
20858
|
22556
|
1698
|
8.1
|
|
2800
|
25565
|
29200
|
3635
|
14.2
|
23467
|
25075
|
1608
|
6.8
|
|
4200
|
30375
|
35400
|
5025
|
16.5
|
27506
|
30027
|
2521
|
9.1
|
|
4600
|
38565
|
44900
|
6335
|
16.4
|
34538
|
37326
|
2788
|
8.1
|
|
4800
|
40838
|
47600
|
6762
|
16.5
|
36489
|
39234
|
2745
|
7.5
|
|
5400
|
49725
|
56100
|
6375
|
12.8
|
43123
|
45051
|
1928
|
4.5
|
|
6600
|
57038
|
67700
|
10662
|
18.7
|
48669
|
53249
|
4580
|
9.4
|
From
the above chart it can be seen that more than 50% of the increase proposed by
the pay revision is taken back by various deductions. Columns No. 4 & 7 in
the above chart indicates the hike in salary based on the pay commission
proposal and after the deductions respectively and the columns 5 & 9 shows
it in percentage. In actual the increase in take home salary shall be just 4%
to 8% in almost all the pay structures announced by the Government and not that
of 14.2% or 23.5%.
·
The pay hike given to the employees based on
the recommendations of the 6thCentral Pay Commission is almost equal
or nearer to that of the 7th Central Pay Commission. At the
lowest grade in fact the pay hike given by 6th CPC is higher
than that of 7th CPC. The hike in salary by 7th CPC
at the entry level pay with Grade Pay of Rs. 1800 is Rs.2250 per month, whereas
in the lowest grade in the pre revised pay of Rs. 2550 – 3200, after
the implementation of 6th CPC Report, got the hike of Rs. 2257.
It should be noted here that the 6th Pay revision was carried out 10
years back in the year 2006 and DA component has been added @ 125% as on 1st January
2016. So if that DA component is added to the increase in hike of the 6th CPC,
minimum hike should be more than Rs5000 (2257 X 125%) at the entry
level. The chart given below shows the discrepancies in the hike in
salary. The columns 5 and 9 of the chart given below shows the hike in figure
and the columns 6 and 10 shows the increase in % respectively during 6th CPC
and 7th CPC.
|
COMPARISON OF
PAY HIKE AFTER 6TH CPC
AND 7TH CPC
|
||||||||||
|
Pay after
Fixation based on 6th CPC
|
Pay after
fixation based on 7th CPC
|
|||||||||
|
Basic Pay
|
Pay
as on 31.12.2005
Basic
X 1.86
|
PAY
AS ON 01.01.2006
|
DIFFERENCE
IN PAY
|
Pay
as on 31.12.15
|
Pay
as on 01.01.16
|
DIFFERENCE
IN PAY
|
||||
|
PB
+ GP
|
Total
|
In
Rs
|
In
%
|
Basic
X 1.25
|
As
per Pay Matrix
|
In
Rs
|
In
%
|
|||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
|
|
2550
|
4243
|
5200 + 1800
|
7000
|
2257
|
53.2
|
15750
|
18000
|
2250
|
14.2
|
|
|
2610
|
4855
|
5200 + 1800
|
7000
|
2145
|
44.2
|
|||||
|
2650
|
4929
|
5360 + 1800
|
7160
|
2231
|
45.3
|
|||||
|
2750
|
5115
|
5530 + 1800
|
7330
|
2215
|
43.3
|
|||||
|
3050
|
5673
|
5830 + 1900
|
7730
|
2057
|
36.3
|
16855
|
19900
|
3045
|
18.1
|
|
|
3200
|
5952
|
6460 + 2000
|
8460
|
2508
|
42.1
|
19035
|
21700
|
2665
|
14.0
|
|
|
4000
|
7440
|
7510 + 2400
|
9910
|
2470
|
33.2
|
22298
|
25500
|
3202
|
14.3
|
|
|
4500
|
8370
|
8560 + 2800
|
11360
|
2990
|
35.7
|
25565
|
29200
|
3635
|
14.2
|
|
|
5000
|
9300
|
9300 + 4200
|
13500
|
4200
|
45.2
|
30375
|
35400
|
5025
|
16.5
|
|
|
5500
|
10230
|
9300 + 4600
|
13700
|
3070
|
30.0
|
38565
|
44900
|
6335
|
16.4
|
|
|
6500
|
12090
|
9300 + 4800
|
14100
|
2010
|
16.6
|
40838
|
47600
|
6762
|
16.5
|
|
|
8000
|
14880
|
15600 + 5400
|
21000
|
6120
|
41.1
|
49725
|
56100
|
6375
|
12.8
|
|
|
10000
|
18600
|
18750 + 6600
|
25350
|
6750
|
36.3
|
57038
|
67700
|
10662
|
18.6
|
|
Under
these circumstances the central government employees & Officers were left
with no other option than to protest unitedly against the Government‘s
decision. The NJCA & CCGGOO thus decided to continue the struggle against
the unilateral and arbitrary decision taken by the Government to accept the
recommendations of the 7th Central commission Report.
It
is for the first time after independence, the entire central government
employees & Officers from Railways, Defence, Postal, Income Tax, Central
Excise, Audit & Accounts, Atomic Energy, Space, Civil Accounts, Central
Secretariat, Ground Water etc. came together and unanimously decided
to go for industrial action against the decision of the Government.
It is the high time for more unity and joint
struggle. There should not be any excuses for not joining in the main stream of
the movement. Running away from the unity is nothing but stabbing behind the
colleagues. Keep away all differences, ideological or personal and become part
of the united movement of the Central Government employees & Officers under
the banner of NJCA & CCGGOO to fight against our dictatorial government.
We
appeal all Central Government employees & Officers to join in the struggle
by participating in the INDEFINITE STRIKE from 11th July 2016.
Don’t sit on the fencing and be onlooker of the historical struggle. Be a part
of the struggle for protecting our existence, for upholding the self-respect of
each and every central government employee. Surrendering to the authoritarian
government will lose the dignity of each and every employee.
Let us fight unitedly to force the Government
to accept our genuine and justified demands on VII CPC recommendations.
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