Confederation Of Central Government Employees & Workers

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Revised pay structure on the basis of the GOI decision of 14th August,2008

Revised pay structure on the basis of the GOI decision of 14th August,2008
Ps.No.	B.P	1.86 times	Grade.Pay	Total	MF	%increase	mf. 2.625	%	diff
S-1	2550	4743	1300	6043	2.37	27.41	6694	41.13	651
	3200	5952	1300	7252	2.27	21.84	8400	41.13	1148
S-2	2610	4855	1400	6255	2.40	28.84	6851	41.13	597
	3540	6584	1400	7984	2.26	21.26	9293	41.13	1308
S-2A	2610	4855	1600	6455	2.47	32.96	6851	41.13	397
	4000	7440	1600	9040	2.26	21.51	10500	41.13	1460
S-3	2650	4929	1650	6579	2.48	33.48	6956	41.13	377
	4000	7440	1650	9090	2.27	22.18	10500	41.13	1410
S-4	2750	5115	1800	6915	2.51	35.19	7219	41.13	304
	4400	8184	1800	9984	2.27	21.99	11550	41.13	1566
S-5	3050	5673	1900	7573	2.48	33.49	8006	41.13	433
	4590	8537	1900	10437	2.27	22.26	12049	41.13	1611
S-6	3200	5952	2000	7952	2.49	33.60	8400	41.13	448
	4900	9114	2000	11114	2.27	21.94	12863	41.13	1749
S-7	4000	7440	2400	9840	2.46	32.26	10500	41.13	660
	6000	11160	2400	13560	2.26	21.51	15750	41.13	2190
S-8	4500	8370	2800	11170	2.48	33.45	11813	41.13	643
	7000	13020	2800	15820	2.26	21.51	18375	41.13	2555
S-9	5000	9300	4200	13500	2.70	45.16	13125	41.13	-375
	8000	14880	4200	19080	2.39	28.23	21000	41.13	1920
S-10	5500	10230	4200	14430	2.62	41.06	14438	41.13	8
	9000	16740	4200	20940	2.33	25.09	23625	41.13	2685
S-11&12	6500	12090	4200	16290	2.51	34.74	17063	41.13	773
	10500	19530	4200	23730	2.26	21.51	27563	41.13	3833
S-13	7450	13857	4600	18457	2.48	33.20	19556	41.13	1099
	11500	21390	4600	25990	2.26	21.51	30188	41.13	4198
S-14	7500	13950	4800	18750	2.50	34.41	19688	41.13	938
	12000	22320	4800	27120	2.26	21.51	31500	41.13	4380
S-15	8000	15600	5400	21000	2.63	34.62	21000	34.62	0
	13500	23490	5400	28890	2.14	22.99	35438	50.86	6548
		Note: our suggestion was to apply the provision of " subject to a minimum of 2.625 times of BP to give a unitorm benefit of 41% to all. It could be seen that it only in the case of those who were in BP 5000, it will have no application and all others will get the uniform benefit.

Friday, August 15, 2008

National Executivemeeting

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS.

Manishinath Bhawan A-2/95 Rajouri Garden

New Delhi. 110 027.

Phone: 011 2510 5324

Mobile: 98110 48303

Dated: 14^th August, 2008

Notice.

Notice is hereby given for an emergent and extended National Executive Committee meeting of the Confederation to be held at New Delhi on 26^th August, 2008. The meeting is convened as per the decision taken at the last meeting of the National Executive held at New Delhi on 8^th July, 2008. Besides the National Executive Committee members, the Secretary General/General Secretaries of all the affiliated Associations, Unions and Federations and the Secretaries of the State level coordinating Committees of the Confederation will attend the meeting. The meeting will commence at 2.00 PM The only agenda for discussion is as under:

Review of the decision

of the Government

on 6^th CPC recommendations.

Scope and nature of future course of action.

The affiliates and the COCs are requested to bring a written report in respect of the participation of the employees in the 20^th August, 2008 nationwide strike action. The exact venue of the meeting will be communicated later after making necessary arrangement. This notice may kindly be treated as important and all attempts made to attend the meeting Information of the issuance of this notice is being sent to the concerned members through SMS also.

K.K.N.Kutty.

Secretary General.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Press statement

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS

Manishinath Bhawan,

A/2/95 Rajouri Garden,

New Delhi. 110027

Phone: 011 2510 5324

Mobile: 98110 48303

Dated: 14.8.2008

PRESS STATEMENT

The cabinet has today decided to implement the 6^th CPC recommendations without accepting any of the major suggestions made by the employees organizations to the Committee of Secretaries. The Govt. has accepted only those suggestions made by the officers organizations. The employees had demanded that the Govt. must re-determine the minimum wage at Rs. 10,000 computed on the basis of the 15^th ILC norms. Had the minimum wage been computed even as per the formulations made by tbe 5^th CPC, it should have been Rs. 7400/-. The Govt. had announced in March, 2004, that the Commission's recommendation to raise the salary by 40% would be accepted. Since the fitment formula suggested by the Commission had not brought about the uniform rise of 40%, the employees organization before the Committee of Secretaries had pleaded for the revision of the same. As per the 6^th CPC recommendation, the fitment benefit was of the order of about 180% for senior officers and as low as 12% for a certain segment of employees. Had the suggestion of the employees organizations been accepted, it would have only brought about the uniform benefit of 40% for all employees without reducing the grand benefit bestowed on the top level officers of the Govt.. By not accepting this, the employees will continue to have a depressed wage for a long time to come.

The Govt. has not done anything to correct the wide disparity in wages amongst the employees and officers accentuated by the recommendation of the 6^th CPC, which was the root cause for discontent amongst the employees. The declaration made by the Govt. that the minimum wage would be raised to Rs. 7000/- is in fact a misnomer The Wage of a group D employees is considered to be the minimum wage. It is decided to be at Rs. 6046 even after the Cabinet decision. It is only in the case of the lowest grade of Gr.C. cadres, the minimum wage is at Rs. 7000. This is far below even if the computation of minimum wage is made on the 5^th CPC recommendation, which would be Rs. 7400. The employees are to suffer in their wages in the long run as the pay bands have been created on this premise.

The Commission has recommended for the abolition about 9 lakhs Group D posts. The Group D functions would be contractorised. No decision seems to have been taken by the Govt. to reverse this recommendation. It is being reported that the Cabinet has accepted the recommendation to reduce the number of holidays to be replaced by a lesser number of restricted holidays. This would bring about a difficult situation in as much as on certain religious holidays like holi etc. it would be impossible to keep open an office.

In short the present decision of the Government is disappointing in so far as employees are concerned as none of their major suggestions has been accepted by the Govt. The National Executive of the Confederation will meet soon to decide upon the future course of action. It appeals all Central Government employees to demonstrate their discontent and disappointment by fully participating in the nation wide strike slated for 20^th August, 2008 along with other sections of the working class.

K.K.N. Kutty

Secretary General.

PressStatement

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS

Manishinath Bhawan,

A/2/95 Rajouri Garden,

New Delhi. 110027

Phone: 011 2510 5324

Mobile: 98110 48303

Dated: 14.8.2008

PRESS STATEMENT

The cabinet has today decided to implement the 6^th CPC recommendations without accepting any of the major suggestions made by the employees organizations to the Committee of Secretaries. The Govt. has accepted only those suggestions made by the officers organizations. The employees had demanded that the Govt. must redetermine the minimum wage at Rs. 10,000 computed on the basis of the 15^th ILC norms. Had the minimum wage been computed even as per the formulations made by tbe 5^th CPC, it should have been Rs. 7400/-. The Govt. had announced in March, 2004, that the Commission's recommendation to raise the salary by 40% would be accepted. Since the fitment formula suggested by the Commission had not brought about the uniform rise of 40%, the employees organization before the Committee of Secretaries had pleaded for the revision of the same. As per the 6^th CPC recommendation, the fitment benefit was of the order of about 180% for senior officers and as low as 12% for a certain segment of employees. Had the suggestion of the employees organizations been accepted, it would have only brought about the uniform benefit of 40% for all employees without reducing the grand benefit bestowed on the top level officers of the Govt.. By not accepting this

K.K.N. Kutty

Secretary General.

Implementation of the recommentations of sixth CPC

Implementation of the recommendations of Sixth Central Pav Commission

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for implementation of the recommendations. of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. The revised pay scales will come into effect from 1/112006ahd revised rates of allowances from 1/912008. The Cabinet has also decided that arrears will be paid in cash in two Installments - first installment of 40% during the current year (2008-09) and the remaining 60% in the next financial year (2009-10).

2. The Cabinet has broadly accepted the recommendations of Sixth CPC with some modifications in the wake of representations received from various sections Associations of Central Government employees. The new system of four Pay Bands with 20 Grade Pays recommended by the Commission has been accepted with some minor modifications.

3. The minimum Basic Pay for a Government servant has been increased to Rs.7000 from Rs.6660 recommended by the Sixth CPC. Consequently, the total emoluments of an employee at the lowest level will exceed Rs.10,OOO p.m., including allowances.

4. The other highlights of the Cabinet decision covering all Government employees including the Defence Forces are:

(I) Enhancement in the fitment in revised pay bands, which was recommended by the Sixth CPC to be based on multiplication factor of 1.7410 1.86. This would result in Increased emoluments for Government

employees.

(i1 lncrease in the rate of annual increment from 2.5% to 3%.

(Iii) Removal of Campus restriction for grant of Transport Allowance. .

(Iv) Increase In Transport Allowance at the ,lowest level to Rs.600 (from

Rs.400 in A class cities recommended by the Sixth.CPC) and Rs.400 (from RS.3 other cities recommended by the SixthCPC).

(v) At least three promotions have been assured for all Defence Forces' personnel and civilian employees under the modified Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme. While the civilians would get it after 10, 20 and 3Q years of service, the Defence Forces Jawans would get ACP in 8, 16 and.24 years.

5. For the Armed Forces' personnel the commission for the first time recommended a military Service Pay(MSP) The Cabinet has increased the rate of MSP for PBORs to Rs 2000 from 1000 recommended by the Commission. The Officer of the defence Forces would get and MSP of Rs 6000 over and above their Pay.

6. The middle level Officers of the Defence Forces namely Colonels and Brigadiers have.been placed in the highest Pay Band.of PB-4.

7. Senior Lt. Generals overlooked for promotion as Army Commanders due to lack of residual service would now get the grade Qf Army' Commander (Secretary's

grade). In the case of existing Major Generals/Lt. Generals. MSP will be taken into account notionally for fixation of pay Qn 1/112006.

8. As replacement of the pay scale of Rs 24050-26000. a separate pay scale has been carved for DGPs. PCCFs, GM (Railways). Members the Boards of Income Tax. Customs & Central Excise. Postal and Ordnance Factories. among others, who were in this pre-revised scale. This would take them to the level of Rs.80000 in two years as against three years in the pre-revised scale.

9. Further. the IPS Pay Rules and the Indian Forest Service Pay Rules will be appropriately modified to provide in each State cadre one post of DGPand ono post of PCCF at the apex level of Rs.80000 for heading their respective Forces.

10. Middle level Police and Civilian officers i.e. DIGs. Conservator of Forests. Scientists E & F. Superintending Engineers. Directors. Additional Commissioners of Income Tax and Central Excise and posts in equivalent grades have also been placed in PB-4.

Other salient decisions taken by the Cabinet are:

(i) The lower limits of Disability Pension for Defence personnel to be doubled

from Rs.1550 to Rs.3100. War Disability Pension to be granted at 60%;

(ii) The rates of Special Forces Allowance for Army and Air Force to be

equated with Navy's Marine Commando Allowance;

(Iii) For the officers of central Para Mi6tary Forces, all the posts of Additional

DIG upgraded to DIG level by the Pay Commission to continue to be

manned by the cadre officers of CPMFs

(w) For the Railway employees who are in receipt of Running Allowance. this

Allowance will be taken into account while fixing their pay in revised pay bands .

(v) government has continued the present position of granting group A scale to group B officers after 4 years of service and these officers would be placed inPB.3instead .of PB-2 recommended by the Sixth CPC. This would benefit GroupBofftce.J1.of the Railways. Accounts Services. CSS, CSSS and DANICS& DAN.PS.

(vi) For Doctors. the Cabinet has approved promotions under the Dynamic ACP Scheme upto senior administrative grade ( joint secretary level) for doctors with 20 years of service. Accounting of dearness allowance ( DA) on non practicing allowance (NPA) as on 1-1-2006 for fixing their pay in revised pay bands has also been approved.

Vii for the scientist continuation of the existing system of grant of special pay of Rs 2000/pm to scientist G on promotion and doubling of the amount to Rs 4000/pm in Department of Space and Atomic energy and Defence Research and Development Organization has been recommended .

12. The financial implication in 2008-09 on account of implementation of the recommendations of the VI CPC as modified by the Cabinet will be around Rs 157000 Cr. On the central Budget and Rs 6400 crore on the Railway budget.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Fwd: Strike Message

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: itef headquarters <itefcentral@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 5, 2008 1:33 PM
Subject: Strike Notice
To: itefcentral.newdelhi@blogger.com

20^th August 2008

ALL INDIA STRIKE

Confederation Serve Strike notice

STRIKE ACTION AGAINST THE
NEO-LIBERAL ECNOMIC POLICIES

OF THE GOVT. OF INDIA

ENTIRE WORKING CLASS IN THE COUNTRY

PARTICIPATE

demanding

Control inflation- contain price rise ;Implement labour laws; Stop Contractorisation ; introduce Social security Scheme for all workers; extend loan waiver Scheme to those taken loans from private money lenders; lift ban on recruitment in Govt. services; expedite wage negotiation in respect of PSU workers;expedite implementation of 6^th CPC recommendation accepting the modifications suggested by the employees; afford right to strike to all Govt. employees; withdraw the new contributory Pension Scheme; stop Privatization of the Govt. departments; Regularize all GDS employees as civil Servants.

The message of 20^th August Strike.

On 20^th August, the Indian Working Class will organize yet another one day Strike action against the neo liberal economic policies pursued by the Indian ruling class, since 1991. The Strike is in the midst of an unprecedented inflation and price rise experienced by the Indian Economy second perhaps only to the 1973 impact. The inability of the Govt. to contain the price rise is understandable for it is triggered by the phenomenal increase in the international market not only of crude oil but also of various other commodities. Due to the systematic efforts on the part of the successive Government that came to power since 1991, Indian economy stands presently integrated with the world market. No effort on the part of the Govt. (whatever happening being insincere and cosmetic) will go to dent the upward rise of prices of the commodities of basic human consumption as the profit for the monopoly houses and TNCs is to be garnered from the poor people.

It may be recalled that the stark rise of inflation in 1973-74 which touched about 20-25% led to the fall of Mrs. Indira Gandhi's Government which came to power with a 2/3^rd voting strength in the Parliament. The second oil shock in 1979-80 which brought about 17% rise in the rate of inflation accentuated the downfall of the Janatha Government. We are steadily coasting towards that magic figure and to the same eventuality.

The Prime Minister has been publicly advised by the media controlled by the monopoly houses and his own political and economic advisors that in the context of the double digit inflation, which has refused to come down or which cannot be brought down, the 6^th CPC recommendations are not to be implemented for it shall stock the inflationary fire further. The realignment of political forces behind the Indian National Congress and the success it tasted in winning a confidence vote through all sorts of nefarious machinations will embolden the Government to push through the infamous pension reform bill in the coming session of the Parliament. The financial sector reforms which could not be carried out in the last four years due to the principled stand of the left parties both inside and outside Parliament will now be brought for the consideration of the Parliament. That was the open statement of the Finance Minister.

The Indian National Congress which could not muster sufficient number of members in the Parliament to become the ruling party in the last election had to seek and obtain the support of the left parties on a solemn assurance that it will carry out the governance of the country on an agreed common minimum programme. However, that Party, in whose name the Indian people fought the glorious battle for independence from the British imperialism, had no qualms to ditch the left parties for the sake of signing an agreement with the US imperialism for both political and economic subjugation of the country in the name of the nuclear deal is the irony of today. The 20^th August strike assumes significance and importance in that context. It is not only therefore yet another action on the part of the working class against the IMF/World bank dictated economic policies of globalization and liberalization but should be construed as a revolutionary beginning for the real independence of our homeland. That is the message we are to convey to jour rank and file of our members while campaigning for the 20^th August Strike.