It may take some time
to decide on 7th CPC Recommendations : Empowered Committee
Minutes Of The 2nd Meeting Of Empowered Committee
Of Secretaries (E-CoS)
Venue:
Committee Room, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati BhawanDate of Meeting:
Thursday, the 1 st March, 2016Time of Meeting: 6:45 PM
Members
of E-CoS present
1
Cabinet Secretary
2.
Chairman, Railway Board
3.
Home Secretary
4
Defence Secretary
5
Secretary, D/o Science & Technology
6.
Secretary, D/o Personnel & Training
7.
Secretary, M/o Health & Family-Welfare
8.
Secretary, D/o Pension and Pensioner’s Welfare
9.
Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat
10.
Secretary, D/o Posts
1
1 . Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General
Secretariat
for E-CoS:
1.
Jöint Secretary, Implementation Cell, D/o Expenditure
2.
Director, Implementation Cell, D/o Expenditure
Representatives
of JCM (Staff-side):
1
. Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra
2.
Shri M. Raghavaiah
3.
Shri Rakhal Das Gupta
4.
Shri Ch. Sankara Rao
5.
Shri J.R. Bhosle
6.
Shri Guman Singh
7.
Shri R.P. Bhatnagar
8.
Shri K.S. Murty
9.
Shri K.K.N. Kutty
10.
Shri C. Srikumar
11
. Shri R. Srinivasan
12.
Shri M. Krishnan
13.
Shri M.s. Raja
Subject:
Implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission — 2nd
meeting of the E-CoS
A
meeting of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) was held on 1 st
March, 2016 in the Cabinet Secretariat under the chairmanship of the Cabinet
Secretary to discuss issues raised by Staff„side of JCM
2.
Welcoming the members of E-CoS and JCM Staffrside, Cabinet Secretary observed
that the meeting had been called to take a note of concerns of Stäff-$ide of
JCM regarding recommendations of the 7th CPC and invited the members Of
Staff-side of JCM to share their views on the recommendations.
3.
Opening the discussion, representative of Staff-side of JCM expressed gratitude
to Cabinet Secretary for inviting them for interaction regarding the
recommendations of the 7th CPC and requested that more frequent interactions of
JCM may be held to resolve outstanding issues across the table. It was
expressed that 7th CPC has recommended a meager increase of 14% in the minimum
pay as against increase ranging up to 54% during previous Pay Commissions. It
was further stated that the recommendations on minimum pay, allowances,
advances etc. will cause difficulty to employees. Representative of Staff-side
informed that they have already submitted a charter of demands to the Cabinet
Secretary bringing out the issues. These have also been discussed in the
meeting of JS (IC) with Staff-side of JCM held on 19.02.2016.
4.
Major concerns expressed by JCM Staff-side were as under:
The
minimum pay of Rs. 18000/- p.m. recommended by the Commission is on lower side
and needs to be revised upward by taking into account the prices of commodities
as on 01.07.2015 and appropriately factoring in for social obligations &
housing.
(ii)
New Pension Scheme should be done away with. Persons governed by the NPS are
deprived of Family Pension and do not have provision of provident fund. As a
result they are at a disadvantageous position as compared to the persons
governed by the old system.
(iii)
Recommendations on allowances need to be properly examined before taking a
decision.
(iv)
Fixed Medical Allowance should be increased from existing Rs. 500 p.m. to Rs.
2000 p.m. as majority of cities are not covered under CGI-IS and people
residing outside the CGHS covered area are unable to meet their medical needs
with meager amount of Rs. 500 p.m.
(v)
Recommendation regarding withdrawal of non•interest bearing advances may not be
accepted.
(vi)
Outsourcing of services should be discouraged as the contract workers are being
exploited by contractors and at the game time the service delivery is being
compromised due to inefficiency and lack of accountability of low aid
contractual staff.
(vii)
Enhancement in contribution towards Group Insurance Scheme, is not justified as
this would reduce the actual increase in take home salary considerably. If the
rates are to be raised, the Government should bear the insurance premium
(viii)
The recommendation regarding grant of only 80% of salary for the second year of
Child Care Leave need not be accepted as this would deter women from availing
of CCL, which was introduced as a welfare measure.
(ix)
Annual increments be granted @ 5% instead of existing 3% and increments may be
granted on two dates viz., 1 st of January and 1 st of July of every year as in
the present system of grant of increment on 1 st July of every year, employees
joining/promoted after 1 st January, who do not complete 6 months services as
on 1 st July, have to wait for up to 18 months for grant of increment.
(x)
The Commission’s recommendation of downgrading the Assistants of Central
Secretariat for bringing in parity with their counterparts in the field offices
is not appropriate.
(xi)
Recommendation regarding PRIS need not be accepted as no scientific mechanism
has been devised to assess the performance of employees and the same could e
courage favoritism.
5.
Issues regarding financ al upgradation under MACPS in promotional hierarchy
without grading stipulation. grant of two increments on promotion introduction
of Productivity Linked Bonus, treating Grameen Dak Sevak as Government
employees, removal of pap of 5% on compassionate appointment 8i full pay and
allowances In case of Work Related Illness and Injury Leave improving
promotional avenues for technical and supervisory staff etc. were also raised
by members of JCM.
6.
During the discussion, representatives of JCM also suggested that the Nodal
Officers nominated by various Ministries/Departments may hold interactions with
recognized Staff Associations and other stakeholders under their purview so as
to identify issues specific to those Ministries/Departments for redressal.
7.
After hearing the participants, Cabinet Secretary observed that the
deliberations have helped E-CoS in understanding the major concerns of the
Staff-side and said that all issues have been taken note of. He assured that
fair consideration will be given to all points brought out by JCM before taking
a final view. He further stated that the E-CoS needs to examine the Report of
the Commission in entirety as well as the issues raised by JCM in consultation
with all other stakeholders. As such, it may take some time to take a final
call on the recommendations of the Commission.
8.
Cabinet Secretary also advised the members of E-CoS to hold interactions with
their Staff Associations and other stakeholders under their purview preferably
within a week.
9.
Meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.
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