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NOTIFICATION
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Circular No.45
INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION,
Manishinath Bhawan, A/2/95, Rajouri Garden,New Delhi 110 027
Telephone No : 2510 5324 Telefax 2513 1593
Mobile 98110 48303
e-mail : itef@sify.com
Cir. No. 45/2008 Dated: 28.08.2008
Dear Comrade,
We send herewith copies of the Press Statement, Circular No.13 and the Resolution adopted by the extended meeting of the National Executive of the Confederation held at New Delhi on 26.08.2008. The decision to go on an indefinite strike action in pursuance of our demands has been taken by the Confederation. The intensive mobilization campaign should commence immediately. As a first step we are to convene a meeting of our CWC meeting in which the Sectt. Members of Confederation shall attend : We are also to take a Strike Ballot.
The Notification of the 6th CPC recommendations accepted by the Govt. is likely to be issued tomorrow : We shall place the same on our website if the Govt. does not place the same in their official website. We have requested the Joint Convenor of the COC of Deptt. Of Revenue Com. Rajesh Menon to get in touch with other Comrades in Excise and Custom Deptt. To explore the possibility of having a meeting immediately. If the dates are known, we shall convene a meeting of the Sectt. of ITEF also a day prior to that meeting. In any case, we may have to meet before 13th or 14th of Sept.`08, we shall let you know this date as and when it is finalized. The venue of the meeting is likelty to be either Chennai or Mumbai.
We had a mutual consultation with our members of the Secretariat and it has been decided to make an immediate appeal to all our members to collect Rs.100/- from each Group-C member and Rs.60/- from Gr.-D members out of the arrears which would be disbursed by end of September 2008. Out of the amount so collected, Rs.20/- will be given to Confederation HQ., Rs.10/- for the State COCs (Rs.5/- in the case of Gr.-D), Rs.40/- for ITEF CHQ (Rs.30/- in the Case of Gr.-D) and the rest of Rs.30/- for Circles (Rs.25/- in the case of Gr.-D). If any of the Circles feel that a higher amount need be collected, this may do so under intimation to the CHQ.
This appeal is being made taking into account the decision to go for Strike action within 3 to 4 months.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K.N.Kutty,
Secretary General.
Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers
Manishinath Bhawan, A2/95, Rajouri Garden,
New Delhi – 110027
Phone: 011-25105324; Mobile: 9811048303
Email: confederation06@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.confederationhq.blogspot.com
PRESS STATEMENT
Dated 27th August 2008
Confederation Decides to Organise Indefinite Strike
The extended meeting of the National Executive Committee of Confederation of Central Government employees and workers held at New Delhi on 26th August, 2008 deliberated upon the refusal of the Government of India to accept any of the major suggestions made by the Employees organizations under the auspices of the JCM National Council, on the 6th CPC recommendations. It noted with disappointment that the Government did nothing to correct the wide disparity in wages amongst the employees and officers accentuated by the recommendation of the 6th CPC.
By suppressing minimum wage without any justifiable reason, the meeting noted that the wage structure of Group B, C and D cadres has been depressed with devastating impact for many years to come. The abolition of Group D posts numbering about 9 lakhs has opened up vast avenue for contractorisation of various Group D functions. It rightly observed that in the days to come the Government organizations will have more daily rated contract workers than regular employees.
The meeting came to the conclusion that the Government's decision warrants serious agitational approach and decided to call upon the Central Government employees to mobilize themselves for an indefinite strike Programme to generate necessary sanctions to compel the Government to enter into meaningful discussion over these issues with the employees' organizations and settle them satisfactorily. All the constituent units of the Confederation have been advised to meeting in their national convention/conference and endorse the decision of the indefinite strike action immediately. The National Executive Committee will again meet after holding discussion with the sister organizations in Defence etc. in the month of November, 2008 to decide upon the date on which the said indefinite strike action should commence.
The strike will be organized in the first fortnight of December, 2008 if the Government does not come forward for discussion, negotiation and settlement of the under mentioned Charter of Demands.
[K.K.N.Kutty]
Secretary General
Copy of Confederation Circular No.13 dated 27.08.2008
D/11/13/08
Dated: 27th August, 2008
Dear Comrade,
The extended meeting of the National Executive of Confederation was held on 26th August, 2008 at New Delhi ( at IT Recreation Club hall). The representatives of twenty affiliated All India organizations and eleven State COCs were present at the meeting, besides the National Executive members.
It was thus a well represented meeting. The meeting briefly reviewed the strike Participation of Central Govt. employees on 20th August 2008 and endorsed the Press statement issued by the Confederation on that day, which had indicated the overall picture. The meeting evaluated that the announcement of the Govt.'s acceptance of the 6th CPC recommendation (even though major demands of the employees had been rejected) had created certain confusion amongst the rank and file of the workers, which had adversely affected the strike participation in certain areas, especially the northern and western India. The meeting attributed this mostly to the failure to combat the media propaganda.
The meeting came to the conclusion that the Govt.'s decision without conceding any of the major suggestions made by the employees organizations in the JCM was a serious matter and if not contested would bring about devastating impact on the wage structure of the Central Govt. employees. The meeting pinpointed the following issues, on which absolutely unsatisfactory position has been taken by the Govt.
a) Minimum wage
b) Contractorisation of Group D functions
c) Fitment formula
d) Financial benefit on promotions
e) Transport allowance, daily allowance etc.
f) The denial to give effect to the revised allowance from.1.01.2006. etc
The meeting also took note of the delay in the submission of the report of Natraja moorthy Committee on GDS Pay revision.
The meeting came to the unanimous opinion that
a)without organizing a serious industrial action of a prolonged nature including indefinite strike, no fruitful/meaningful negotiation or settlement is likely to be brought about.
b) a serious campaign has to be under-taken by holding department/organization- wise convention and state wise conventions to mobilize the employees for a militant action like indefinite strike.
c) Besides the CPC related issues, the other major pending issues, viz Compassionate Appointment, Board of Arbitration awards, Continuing ban on recruitment and abolition of posts, Outsourcing, Privatization, Contractorization, Regularization of existing daily rated workers, Bonus ceiling etc. should also be projected for settlement through the strike charter.
d) Serious consultation with the leadership of AIDEF should be made to explore the possibility of a united action.
e) Strike ballot has to be employed as a means of mobilization and to ensure that the decision for such a serious action has the seal of approval of all members.
f) The date of commencement of such action is to be decided by the National Executive on conclusion of the strike ballot by all the affiliates and in consultation with the sister organizations.
g)the proposed action should be slated to take place within a period of 3- 4 months time.
h) The draft resolution and charter of demands prepared by the Secretariat will be placed in the website as early as possible to elicit suggestions and amendments to reach the CHq by 10th Sep.,2008
i) 19th Sept. will be observed as "Strike Declaration day" (SANGHARSH AHWAN DIVAS) throughout the country to popularize the demands and submit the resolution of NE meeting to all heads of offices and departments.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K. N. Kutty
Secretary General.
CHARTER OF DEMANDS
1. Grant Rs.10,000 as Minimum Wage as per 15th ILC Norms.
2. Grant minimum fitment benefit of 2.625 times of pre-revised basic pay to bring about uniform rise in emoluments.
3. No abolition of Group D posts and functions.
4. Lift ban on recruitment; fill up all vacant posts and scrap Screening Committee.
5. Grant Pension and Status of Civil Servants to GDS.
6. Grant 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as minimum benefit on promotion or financial upgradations.
7. No outsourcing or contractorising of Governmental functions.
8. Fix the date of effect of all allowances as 1.1.2006.
9. No reduction in the commutation value and restoration of full pension after 12 years.
10. Grant statutory defined pension scheme to the employees recruited after 1.1.2004 and withdraw the PFRDA Bill from Parliament.
11. Compute the pension entitlement on the basis of notional pay as on 1.1.1996.
12. No performance related pay or bonus scheme.
13. Implement all Board of Arbitration Awards.
14. Remove the arbitrary 5% ceiling and 3 years condition on compassionate appointment and withdraw court cases and absorb all waitlisted RRR candidates.
15. Implement the revision of bonus ceiling @ 3500/- in the case of Government Employees; Remove adhoc bonus and replace it with PLB and remove the 60 days ceiling.
16. Grant SDA to all employees in NE Region.
17. Revise the Transport and Daily Allowances as demanded by the Staff Side JCM National Council.
18. Direct all the Departmental Heads to settle 6th CPC related department specific demands / problems within a stipulated time limit.
R e s o l u t i o n
adopted at the Extended meeting of the National Executive of the Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers held at New Delhi on 26-08-2008.
This extended meeting of the National Executive of the Confederation of CGE and Workers held at New Delhi on 26 Aug 2008 unanimously resolves that the decisions taken by the Govt. on various recommendations of the 6th CPC, as is made known are unacceptable in as much as most of the modifications suggested by the employees organizations unitedly to reverse the anti-employee stand of the Commission have been rejected.
The Govt.'s propaganda that it has raised the minimum wage to Rs.7000/- is an untrue statement for the lowest level employees it works out to only Rs.6,040/- on the basis of which only the pay structure has been constructed. The non-acceptance of the suggestion to revise the fitment formula has resulted in the financial benefit flowing in a fortuitous manner whereby the senior employees and those in the higher scale of Pay of the bunched pay scales getting lesser than their juniors. It is deplorable that the arrears are to be paid in two installments of which the major chunk having been deferred by one year especially when the interim relief demanded by the employees was denied. There had been no improvement made in the grant of transport allowances, daily allowance, financial benefit on promotion commutation value of Pension etc. The meeting notes with extreme dissatisfaction that while the commutation value has been drastically reduced the restoration period has not been altered.
It appears that the Govt. has decided to accept the proposal for introduction of Performance related Pay System. Doing away with the present Bonus computation methodology and continue with the drastic downsizing measures and to do away with the Group D employees and hand over their functions for contractors are some of the other major decisions that affect adversely the career and job security of the employees. The meeting realizes that the abolition of Gr.D posts is intended to usher in large scale contractorisation of the permanent and perennial types of jobs. The meeting also notes with pain that the revision of wages effected on the basis of the present decision of the Government will have a deleterious effect in the long run and over a period continuation of 5th Pay scales and allowances would become more beneficial to the employees.while appreciating the decision of the Govt. to raise the ACP from 2 to 3 in acceptance of the suggestion made by the Staff side JCM in their memorandum and the slight increase in the rate of increment and the correction carried out in respect of the actual receipt of DA as on 01-01-2006.
The meeting realizes that the notification on acceptance of the recommendation of the 6th CPC as and when issued will make the picture clearer and the real purport and impact would become discernible to the mass of the employees.
The meeting has come to the inescapable conclusion that without an industrial action of a prolonged duration, no settlement would come about on the CPC related issues. The meeting therefore calls upon the affiliates of the Confederation to mobilize the rank and file of the membership for an eventual industrial action including strike action to take place with the next 2-3 months. The meeting also decides that besides the 6th CPC related common issues the Charter should also include the long pending common issues and department specific demands arising from the acceptance of 6th CPC suggestions by the Govt.
The meeting specifically decides that the demand for pension and Civil Servant status to Grameen Dak Sewaks must be included in the strike charter of demands.
The meeting has directed the Secretariat to get in touch with the leadership of the AIDEF to explore the possibility of the Defence Workers joining and leading the proposed strike action.
The meeting calls upon all affiliates to organize a strike ballot after extensive mobilization campaign and presentation of the issues before the mass of the membership and to complete the same by 10th November, 2008. The meeting asks the Secretariat to bring home the negative impact of the Govt.'s decision through a pamphlet
This meeting decides that the next meeting of the National Executive should meet before 20th November, 2008 to review the preparation made and take appropriate decision.
The meeting also calls upon all affiliated Associations/Federations to hold a national Convention enlisting the participation of leaders of all Units for mobilization of the grass root membership.
The meeting also calls up on the leaders of all State C-o-Cs to hold State level conventions eliciting the participation of the unit leaders of all affiliated Associations/Unions in the respective States in a bid to prepare the membership for a serious struggle.
The meeting decided to call upon all affiliated to collect a donation of Rs. 20/- from each member as and when the arrears are disbursed and remit the same to the Confederation CHQ.
Sd/-
S.K. Vyas
President.
26.8.2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Confederation Circular No.13 and Press Statement
Placed hereunder is the Press Statement issued on 27th and the Circular No.13.
Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers
Manishinath Bhawan, A2/95, Rajouri Garden,
New Delhi – 110027
Phone: 011-25105324; Mobile: 9811048303
Email: confederation06@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.confederationhq.blogspot.com
PRESS STATEMENT
Dated 27th August 2008
Confederation Decides to Organise Indefinite Strike
The extended meeting of the National Executive Committee of Confederation of Central Government employees and workers held at New Delhi on 26th August, 2008 deliberated upon the refusal of the Government of India to accept any of the major suggestions made by the Employees organizations under the auspices of the JCM National Council, on the 6th CPC recommendations. It noted with disappointment that the Government did nothing to correct the wide disparity in wages amongst the employees and officers accentuated by the recommendation of the 6th CPC.
By suppressing minimum wage without any justifiable reason, the meeting noted that the wage structure of Group B, C and D cadres has been depressed with devastating impact for many years to come. The abolition of Group D posts numbering about 9 lakhs has opened up vast avenue for contractorisation of various Group D functions. It rightly observed that in the days to come the Government organizations will have more daily rated contract workers than regular employees.
The meeting came to the conclusion that the Government's decision warrants serious agitational approach and decided to call upon the Central Government employees to mobilize themselves for an indefinite strike Programme to generate necessary sanctions to compel the Government to enter into meaningful discussion over these issues with the employees' organizations and settle them satisfactorily. All the constituent units of the Confederation have been advised to meeting in their national convention/conference and endorse the decision of the indefinite strike action immediately. The National Executive Committee will again meet after holding discussion with the sister organizations in Defence etc. in the month of November, 2008 to decide upon the date on which the said indefinite strike action should commence.
The strike will be organized in the first fortnight of December, 2008 if the Government does not come forward for discussion, negotiation and settlement of the under mentioned Charter of Demands.
[K.K.N.Kutty]
Secretary General
Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers
Manishinath Bhawan, A2/95, Rajouri Garden,
New Delhi – 110027
Phone: 011-25105324; Mobile: 9811048303
Email: confederation06@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.confederationhq.blogspot.com
D/11/13/08
Dated: 27th August, 2008
Dear Comrade,
The extended meeting of the National Executive of Confederation was held on 26th August, 2008 at New Delhi ( at IT Recreation Club hall). The representatives of twenty affiliated All India organizations and eleven State COCs were present at the meeting, besides the National Executive members.
It was thus a well represented meeting. The meeting briefly reviewed the strike Participation of Central Govt. employees on 20th August 2008 and endorsed the Press statement issued by the Confederation on that day, which had indicated the overall picture. The meeting evaluated that the announcement of the Govt.'s acceptance of the 6th CPC recommendation (even though major demands of the employees had been rejected) had created certain confusion amongst the rank and file of the workers, which had adversely affected the strike participation in certain areas, especially the northern and western India. The meeting attributed this mostly to the failure to combat the media propaganda.
The meeting came to the conclusion that the Govt.'s decision without conceding any of the major suggestions made by the employees organizations in the JCM was a serious matter and if not contested would bring about devastating impact on the wage structure of the Central Govt. employees. The meeting pinpointed the following issues, on which absolutely unsatisfactory position has been taken by the Govt.
a) Minimum wage
b) Contractorisation of Group D functions
c) Fitment formula
d) Financial benefit on promotions
e) Transport allowance, daily allowance etc.
f) The denial to give effect to the revised allowance from.1.01.2006. etc
The meeting also took note of the delay in the submission of the report of Natraja moorthy Committee on GDS Pay revision.
The meeting came to the unanimous opinion that
a)without organizing a serious industrial action of a prolonged nature including indefinite strike, no fruitful/meaningful negotiation or settlement is likely to be brought about.
b) a serious campaign has to be under-taken by holding department/organization- wise convention and state wise conventions to mobilize the employees for a militant action like indefinite strike.
c) Besides the CPC related issues, the other major pending issues, viz Compassionate Appointment, Board of Arbitration awards, Continuing ban on recruitment and abolition of posts, Outsourcing, Privatization, Contractorization, Regularization of existing daily rated workers, Bonus ceiling etc. should also be projected for settlement through the strike charter.
d) Serious consultation with the leadership of AIDEF should be made to explore the possibility of a united action.
e) Strike ballot has to be employed as a means of mobilization and to ensure that the decision for such a serious action has the seal of approval of all members.
f) The date of commencement of such action is to be decided by the National Executive on conclusion of the strike ballot by all the affiliates and in consultation with the sister organizations.
g)the proposed action should be slated to take place within a period of 3- 4 months time.
h) The draft resolution and charter of demands prepared by the Secretariat will be placed in the website as early as possible to elicit suggestions and amendments to reach the CHq by 10th Sep.,2008
i) 19th Sept. will be observed as "Strike Declaration day" (SANGHARSH AHWAN DIVAS) throughout the country to popularize the demands and submit the resolution of NE meeting to all heads of offices and departments.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K. N. Kutty
Secretary General.
CHARTER OF DEMANDS
1. Grant Rs.10,000 as Minimum Wage as per 15th ILC Norms.
2. Grant minimum fitment benefit of 2.625 times of pre-revised basic pay to bring about uniform rise in emoluments.
3. No abolition of Group D posts and functions.
4. Lift ban on recruitment; fill up all vacant posts and scrap Screening Committee.
5. Grant Pension and Status of Civil Servants to GDS.
6. Grant 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as minimum benefit on promotion or financial upgradations.
7. No outsourcing or contractorising of Governmental functions.
8. Fix the date of effect of all allowances as 1.1.2006.
9. No reduction in the commutation value and restoration of full pension after 12 years.
10. Grant statutory defined pension scheme to the employees recruited after 1.1.2004 and withdraw the PFRDA Bill from Parliament.
11. Compute the pension entitlement on the basis of notional pay as on 1.1.1996.
12. No performance related pay or bonus scheme.
13. Implement all Board of Arbitration Awards.
14. Remove the arbitrary 5% ceiling and 3 years condition on compassionate appointment and withdraw court cases and absorb all waitlisted RRR candidates.
15. Implement the revision of bonus ceiling @ 3500/- in the case of Government Employees; Remove adhoc bonus and replace it with PLB and remove the 60 days ceiling.
16. Grant SDA to all employees in NE Region.
17. Revise the Transport and Daily Allowances as demanded by the Staff Side JCM National Council.
18. Direct all the Departmental Heads to settle 6th CPC related department specific demands / problems within a stipulated time limit.
R e s o l u t i o n
adopted at the Extended meeting of the National Executive of the Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers held at New Delhi on 26-08-2008.
This extended meeting of the National Executive of the Confederation of CGE and Workers held at New Delhi on 26 Aug 2008 unanimously resolves that the decisions taken by the Govt. on various recommendations of the 6th CPC, as is made known are unacceptable in as much as most of the modifications suggested by the employees organizations unitedly to reverse the anti-employee stand of the Commission have been rejected.
The Govt.'s propaganda that it has raised the minimum wage to Rs.7000/- is an untrue statement for the lowest level employees it works out to only Rs.6,040/- on the basis of which only the pay structure has been constructed. The non-acceptance of the suggestion to revise the fitment formula has resulted in the financial benefit flowing in a fortuitous manner whereby the senior employees and those in the higher scale of Pay of the bunched pay scales getting lesser than their juniors. It is deplorable that the arrears are to be paid in two installments of which the major chunk having been deferred by one year especially when the interim relief demanded by the employees was denied. There had been no improvement made in the grant of transport allowances, daily allowance, financial benefit on promotion commutation value of Pension etc. The meeting notes with extreme dissatisfaction that while the commutation value has been drastically reduced the restoration period has not been altered.
It appears that the Govt. has decided to accept the proposal for introduction of Performance related Pay System. Doing away with the present Bonus computation methodology and continue with the drastic downsizing measures and to do away with the Group D employees and hand over their functions for contractors are some of the other major decisions that affect adversely the career and job security of the employees. The meeting realizes that the abolition of Gr.D posts is intended to usher in large scale contractorisation of the permanent and perennial types of jobs. The meeting also notes with pain that the revision of wages effected on the basis of the present decision of the Government will have a deleterious effect in the long run and over a period continuation of 5th Pay scales and allowances would become more beneficial to the employees.while appreciating the decision of the Govt. to raise the ACP from 2 to 3 in acceptance of the suggestion made by the Staff side JCM in their memorandum and the slight increase in the rate of increment and the correction carried out in respect of the actual receipt of DA as on 01-01-2006.
The meeting realizes that the notification on acceptance of the recommendation of the 6th CPC as and when issued will make the picture clearer and the real purport and impact would become discernible to the mass of the employees.
The meeting has come to the inescapable conclusion that without an industrial action of a prolonged duration, no settlement would come about on the CPC related issues. The meeting therefore calls upon the affiliates of the Confederation to mobilize the rank and file of the membership for an eventual industrial action including strike action to take place with the next 2-3 months. The meeting also decides that besides the 6th CPC related common issues the Charter should also include the long pending common issues and department specific demands arising from the acceptance of 6th CPC suggestions by the Govt.
The meeting specifically decides that the demand for pension and Civil Servant status to Grameen Dak Sewaks must be included in the strike charter of demands.
The meeting has directed the Secretariat to get in touch with the leadership of the AIDEF to explore the possibility of the Defence Workers joining and leading the proposed strike action.
The meeting calls upon all affiliates to organize a strike ballot after extensive mobilization campaign and presentation of the issues before the mass of the membership and to complete the same by 10th November, 2008. The meeting asks the Secretariat to bring home the negative impact of the Govt.'s decision through a pamphlet
This meeting decides that the next meeting of the National Executive should meet before 20th November, 2008 to review the preparation made and take appropriate decision.
The meeting also calls upon all affiliated Associations/Federations to hold a national Convention enlisting the participation of leaders of all Units for mobilization of the grass root membership.
The meeting also calls up on the leaders of all State C-o-Cs to hold State level conventions eliciting the participation of the unit leaders of all affiliated Associations/Unions in the respective States in a bid to prepare the membership for a serious struggle.
The meeting decided to call upon all affiliated to collect a donation of Rs. 20/- from each member as and when the arrears are disbursed and remit the same to the Confederation CHQ.
Sd/-
S.K. Vyas
President.
26.8.2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Press statement
Sent herewith is the press Statement. Please issue the same. Yours fraternally KKN Kutty.
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
Telefax: 011 2510 5324
Dated: 20th August, 2008
PRESS STATEMENT
The Central Government employees including Defence Workers, throughout the country massively participated in today's nationwide strike along with other sections of the working class in the country. Despite the disinformation campaign unleashed by the Government of India through the Print and Electronic media over the alleged huge pay rise through the acceptance of the 6th CPC recommendations, the large scale participation of the employees in today,s strike action proved that the Central Government employees could not be misled by such false propaganda. They have realized that the so called bonanza of pay rise has been only for the top echelons of the bureaucracy and the employees have only been given a pittance. They have correctly recognized the fact that it had been the senior bureaucrats of the Govt. of India who had been calling the shots even in the Pay Commission Panel.
The offices of the Income tax Department remained closed throughout the country, which witnessed the participation in the strike not only of the employees but also of the entire promotee officers. Almost same was the case in most of the offices of the Audit and Accounts Department, whose promotee officers had also served the strike notice. The employees of Postal accounts, Civil Accounts and the Defence Accounts also joined the strike action all over the country..
The functioning of the Postal department and its offices throughout the country remained paralyzed due to the strike action. Even small rural posts offices remained closed due to the active participation of the Grameen Dak Sewaks in the strike action. All major post offices in Metro cities and important industrial towns remained virtually paralyzed and the RMS divisions did not function at al anywhere in the country.
In the offices of Ground Water Board, Central Water Commission, Printing and Stationery, Geological Survey of India, Various Survey organizations, Atomic Energy Department, Indian Bureau of Mines, the strike had been total. Thousands of employees participated in the strike from various other small and big departments of the Government of India, viz Customs and Central Excise, Census, CPWD, including the Junior Engineers, CGHS, Foreign Trade organizations, Agmark, National Savings,Govt. Medical Stores, , Indian Council of Medical Research, Passport offices, National Library, Office of the Salt Commissioner, DGS & D, Films Division, Press Information Bureau, Estate Manager, CPWD, Staff Selection Commission, Airport Authority of India , Trade Mark Registry, All India Radio, etc.
This 12th All India strike organized under the auspices of the Sponsoring Committee of Central Trade Unions against the neo liberal economic policies of the Govt. of India and particularly against the escalating inflation and price rise elicited the massive participation of workers in both Public and Private Sector, Seven million State Govt. employees, workers of various industrial undertakings and establishments, even small shops and factories, the employees of Financial Sector establishments like Banks and Insurance. Almost the entire working class in the country participated in this one day Nationwide strike action.
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
Sunday, August 17, 2008
jca circular letter
INCOMETAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION
Manishinath Bhawan
A/2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 110 027
Dear Comrade,
Enclosed herewith copy of the Central JCA Circular letter, which is self explanatory.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
KKN Kutty
Secretary General.
JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION
INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION &
INCOME TAX GAZETTED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION,
Manishi Nath Bhawan, A-2/95, Rahjouri Garden, New Delhi-110 027
Tel: 2510 5324 Telefax: 2513 1593
Joint Convenors,
K.K.N.Kutty & Rajesh D Menon.
M-12/2008 Dated: 16th Aug.2008.
Dear Comrade,
Big Let Down on the 6th Pay Commission front
This communication is made with a great sense of disenchantment, as the Cabinet has cleared recommendations of 6th CPC with very minor changes. Full text of the changes effected is enclosed herewith.
2. Following are the salient points that will determine the pay of the most of our members:
i. Rate of fitment would be @ 86% (instead of 74%) of the basic pay for arriving at the revised pay in the pay band.
ii. Rate of increment would be @ 3% instead of 2.5%.
iii. Minimum 3 (Three) promotions under Modified Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme after 10, 20 & 30 years of service.
iv. Group A Scale 15-A in the Pay Band-3 instead of PB-2 to Group B Officers of Railways, Accounts Services, CSS, CSSS and DANICS & DANIPS, after completion of Four Years of service.
3. Reasons for disillusionment are mainly due to the following facts :
a. Pay rise for majority of our members is ranging between 21 to 30% only. This is due to the fact that now, the pay rise as on 01-01-06 is only the Grade Pay. As per 6th CPC recommendation, the pay rise is about 81% for senior officers and as low as 21% for other officers & employees. Had the suggestion of CCGE&W (Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers), made under JCM (Joint Consultative Machinery), for a minimum pay rise of 2.625 times of the existing pay (for PB-1,2 & 3) been accepted, it would have brought about a uniform pay rise of 40% for all employees & officers without reducing the grand benefit bestowed on top level officers placed in PB-4. By not accepting this, the Govt. has done grave injustice to all those falling in PB-1, 2 and 3. Nothing has been done to reduce the wide disparity in pay of employees & middle level officers (Group-B) and top rung officers, which will be clear from the following table :
| Pay Band / Group | Scale | Revised Pay without Allowances | ||
|
|
| Lowest stage | Middle Stage | Highest Stage |
| P.B.– 1S (Group – D) | S-1 | 6,043 | 6,582 | 7,252 |
|
| S-2 | 6,255 | 7,036 | 7,984 |
|
| S-2A | 6,455 | 7,617 | 9,040 |
|
| S-3 | 6,579 | 7,788 | 9,090 |
| P.B.– 1 (Group – C) | S-4 | 6,915 | 8,347 | 9,984 |
|
| S-5 | 7,573 | 8,968 | 10,437 |
|
| S-6 | 7,952 | 9,533 | 11,114 |
|
| S-7 | 9,840 | 11,886 | 13,560 |
|
| S-8 | 11,170 | 13,495 | 15,820 |
| P.B.–2 (Group–C&B) | S-9 | 13,500 | 16,848 | 19,080 |
|
| S-10 | 14,430 | 18,011 | 20,940 |
|
| S-11 | 16,290 | 16,662 | 17,034 |
|
| S-12 | 16,290 | 20,010 | 23,730 |
|
| S-14 | 18,750 | 22,935 | 27,120 |
|
| S-15 | 20,280 | 25,395 | 30,510 |
| P.B.– 3 (Group – A) | S-15A | 21,000 | 25,395 | 30,510 |
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| S-19 | 24,700 | 29,536 | 34,372 |
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| S-21 | 28,920 | 33,105 | 37,290 |
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| S-22 | 31,215 | 34,703 | 38,190 |
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| S-23 | 29,920 | 35,500 | 41,080 |
| P.B.– 4 (Group – A) | S-24 to S-28 | 48,200 | 52,280 | 57,990 |
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| S-29 | 52,280 | 54,480 | 57,990 |
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| S-30 | 59,990 | 62,480 | 65,090 |
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| S-31 | 61,990 | 67,090 | 71,270 |
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| S-32 | 65,770 | 68,450 | 71,270 |
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| Secretary of various Ministry / Depts. | S-33 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
| Cabinet Secretary | S-34 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 |
The disparity ratio i.e. between the revised pay of S-1 and S-34 is 1:15 at Lowest stage, 1:14 at Middle stage and 1:12 at Highest Stage.
b. Group B Officers in major Depts., are still kept in Pay Band 2, along with their subordinates, which is not befitting and the pay rise granted is not commensurate to their responsibilities.
c. Benefit of elevation to P.B.-3, after 4 years of service has been denied to ITO, AO & PS/Sr. P.S., while such a benefit is conferred on similarly placed officers of Railways, Accounts, CSS, DANICS/DANIPS, etc. There is absolutely no justification in differentiating between Group B Officers of other Depts. In fact, this is against the very recommendation of the 6th CPC, which categorically states that there should be absolute parity between the officers of secretariat and field formation.
d. On an elevation from PB-1 to PB-2 (Group C to Group C), there will be a pay rise of Rs. 1,400 (increase in Grade pay from 2800 to 4200). Similarly, elevation from PB-3 to PB-4 (Group A to Group A) will result in pay rise of Rs.1,400 (increase in Grade pay from Rs.7,600 to 9000) But, when there is an elevation from PB-2 to PB-3, the pay rise would be a mere Rs. 600 (i.e. 4800 to 5400). Thus there is no adequate pay rise to compensate the additional responsibility of an officer, moving from PB-2 to PB-3, which is bound to be a demotivating factor..
e. There are no changes w.r.t HRA, CCA, Transport Allowance and Travelling & Daily Allowance (TA/DA). The Govt. has also not accepted any of the demands by the Associations with regard to the discriminatory and lopsided allowances recommended by the CPC. There is wide feudalistic and aristocratic gap between the allowances recommended for PB-1&2 and PB-3&4.
4. Actions proposed for getting Justice
Strong and United action is 'Need of the Hour'. We must join forces with all sister organizations and forge a formidable opposition to the discriminatory treatment meted out to all employees and officers. We appeal you to demonstrate our discontent and disappointment by participating in the nation wide strike slated for 20th August, 2008 along with other employees of Central and State Governments. We must also give press release at unit levels and ensure that there is maximum coverage so that general public is made aware of the glaring discrimination shown by the Government.
We should explore the possibility of enlisting the support of all Trade Union Centres, media, the Members of Parliament representing various Political Parties to expose the untenable stand of the Government and create necessary sanction through their intervention in our favour.The JCA is contacting various organizations in the Department of Revenue to explore the possibility of organizing a joint action to bring about settlement on department specific issues.
Yours comradely,
(Rajesh Menon) (K.K.N. Kutty)
Joint Convenors
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