New
Delhi: The Joint Consultative Machinery of central
government employees--the forum for amicable settlement of grievances of
the Central Government employees relating to their service matters--seems to
have turned more reasonable and have narrowed down the charter of demands
seeking review of the seventh pay panel recommendations.
In
February, the employees' forum had decided to proceed on an indefinite strike
from April 11, if their charter of 26 demands was not met.
The
demands also included no privatization of government functions, no FDI in
Railways and Defence and no corporatization of Defence Production Units and
Postal Department.
As
per reports the Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary
assured that fair consideration will be given to all points brought out by the
Joint Consultative Machinery
before taking a final view.
Following
are the narrowed demands presented by the Joint Consultative Machinery before the Empowered Committee of
Secretaries:
1.
Revision of the minimum pay of Rs. 18000 p.m. recommended by the Commission,
taking into account commodities prices as on 01.07.2015 and appropriately
factoring in for social obligations & housing.
2.
Withdraw the New Pension Scheme. The Centre made made the NPS mandatory for
employees who joined the service on or after January 1, 2004. It has since been
adopted by most state governments also.
3.
To re-examine the relevance of allowances and interest free advances in certain
departments before taking a decision.
4.
Should increase Fixed Medical Allowance from the existing Rs 500 per month to
Rs 2000 per month, as large number of cities are not covered under central
government health scheme.
5.Should
discouraged outsourcing of services breed inefficiency and contractors exploit
contract workers.
6.
Enhancement in contribution towards Group Insurance Scheme has reduced the
actual increase in take home salary considerably. If the rates are to be
raised, the Government should bear the insurance premium
7.
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 Child Care Leave, defeating the purpose of the welfare measure.
8.
Annual increments be granted at the rate of 5% instead of existing 3% and
increments may be granted on two dates i.e. 1 st of January and 1 st of July of
every year against the current norm of granting of increment on 1 st July of
every year.
9.
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.
10.
Recommendation regarding Performance Related Incentive Scheme unacceptable as
these could encourage favoritism.
Source:
zeenews.india.com
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